sprite

He told us tales of big brinjals, bright pumpkin flowers, sprite okra that grew in the farmland in what’s now Bangladesh, where he grew up.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

Local drag artist Adam Carver, also known as Fatt Butcher, plays the quick-witted sprite Puck, and admitted that they brought some of their drag persona to the role.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Braid dandelions or daisies into a floral crown, and the wearer becomes a forest sprite.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

The setting suits Martin, who exudes a kind of wry wood sprite energy, if wood sprites wore black T-shirts and khakis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Someone who’s like a sprite, a little imaginary creature resembling a pixie or an elf, is spritelike.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Early on, to some extent, sprites were simply dismissed as illusory before being found as authentic, albeit very strange.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2023

Like nature sprites, the dancers gamboled over “nature carpets,” rugs crafted of foam by the Turinese artist Piero Gilardi.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

It’s the kind of arcade game that lures you in: big sprites, bright colors, inventive worlds, a bubbly soundtrack.

From The Verge ● Dec. 17, 2021

A sport that once put a premium on the acrobatics of tiny, teenaged sprites has become more welcoming to women who are in their 20s, and it’s refreshing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2021

In the world were also dwarfs—ugly creatures, but masterly craftsmen, who lived under the earth; and elves, lovely sprites, who tended the flowers and streams.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton