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

“She was not just a little waif blowing in the wind,” Judge Jackson said.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

But by age 12, she found herself worrying that she wasn’t quite the physical ideal espoused by the school’s late founder, George Balanchine: a half-starved waif.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

Better than eyes, once you learn how to use it, the waif had told her.

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