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“The Dick Van Dyke Show” made Ms. Moore, who looked sylphlike in capri pants, a sensation.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2017

The parties you have scribbled in your calendar seem more glittery or interesting or fun, and you in the shoes, more daunting, more sylphlike, more free, more invulnerable.

From Slate Dec. 6, 2012

Most of it was shot in California, where Hepburn — then a brand-new mother, despite her sylphlike shape — relocated to Coldwater Canyon.

From New York Times Jun. 13, 2010

When Nadia tried to re-create her glory in 1980, audiences hardly recognized the once sylphlike pixie.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had thrown a white shawl over her head and shoulders, and looked adorably sylphlike as she turned on hearing his footsteps; the moonlight shone on her face and was reflected in her eyes.

From Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy




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