sylph

Example Sentences

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But the heroine of “Coppelia” isn’t anything like the unattainable sylph of “La Sylphide” or the vaporous Wili of “Giselle.”

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

This Galadriel is not the cosmically attuned sylph we know from the films.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2022

Ori and the Blind Forest sees a catlike, snow-white biped with wings who darts like a sylph across the screen on a journey to revivify an evanescent forest.

From Time • Nov. 7, 2016

Embodying that misty sylph demands “one of the most incredible amounts of strength of any role I’ve ever done.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2016

“A monster, a maiden, a sylph of the ice. You kissed me, whispered stories in my ear. You sang to me and held me as I slept. Your laugh chased me into waking.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo