waif

Example Sentences

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The day after she and her husband, Jack, sculpt the figure of a child out of snow, an ethereal waif emerges from the wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The trial heard him described as a "ruffian" and a "street waif" who never stood still.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

One might wonder whether the fictional narrative of the beleaguered waif in a judgmental small town is Owens’s way of addressing something in her own past.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2022

Broke, his reputation in tatters, Mr. Keane continued until his death in 2000 to insist that he had painted all the waif pictures.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022

Besides her, the House of Black and White was home to two serving men, three acolytes, Umma the cook, and the two priests that she called the waif and the kindly man.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin