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sprite

[sprahyt] / spraɪt /
NOUN
fairy
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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

When Messi and team arrived, the sprite with all the ingenuity had scored six goals in World Cups yet none in any knockout rounds.

From Washington Post Dec. 17, 2022

The sprite who had attended Elowen that last day remembered the name of the one who had saved them, and she repeated it to every fairy she set free with those keys: Kaede.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Her near life-size ceramic figures of animals, sprites and fairy-tale heroines in moments of frozen intimacy are prickly and emotional in a way that’s hard to get over.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2023

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

It is a delightfully weird film, with dust sprites and forest creatures and something called a Cat Bus.

From Washington Post Mar. 13, 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

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




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