pixie

Example Sentences

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Cardi B sported a range of different hairstyles for her court appearances this week, including a black pixie cut one day and long blonde locks the next.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

For Knox, freedom has meant accepting a mantle that her young, manic pixie self could never have envisioned.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2025

Our unlikely hero is the Dude from “The Big Lebowski” as a manic pixie dream boy, an effervescently charming and inexplicably quirky chap.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

Does your manic pixie dream girl complex fantasize about an ethereal-looking stranger mesmerized in reverie as they gaze upon the dapples of fluorescent Tom Bradley terminal lights reflecting off this sumptuously swamp-hued fabric?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

“No special reason,” Leah said, scratching her shaggy pixie haircut behind the ear.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver