pixie

Example Sentences

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The pixie dust of film school wore off fairly quickly, she remembers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

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

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2025

Despite all the worrying, there was an idea that things would work out in the end, no pixie dust needed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

During chemotherapy, Jenna said she lost her hair and shared a photo on Instagram of her "patchy pixie" cut as it grew back.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

That’s the main reason I got Mother to cut my hair in a pixie, while Adah kept hers long: so nobody would get our attitudes mixed up.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver