wight
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Come the spring, I’m off to either Brownsea Island or the Isle of wight and will report back.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2020
She's rescued from a wight horde by the Hound and Beric, who suffers one blow the Lord of Light decides not to heal.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2019
After a bunch of wight hooey with Arya in a library, and continuing anxiety in the crypt, valor, in the form of saving Arya from a wight pack, takes Beric Dondarrion.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Davos says it, Gilly says it, Daenerys says it, Jon says it: if you don’t want want to become a wight snack, the crypts are apparently the place to be.
From The Verge ● Apr. 21, 2019
"In that case, I suppose you're not such a bad sort, either. For a city wight."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
What would have been the most minor behaviors a week ago — the unprotected high-five, the leaned-in whisper, the detective getting in a suspect’s face — now seem as otherworldly as wights and flying dragons.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
Arya, Brienne, and Samwell all go down under a wave of wights, but survive.
From The Verge ● May 2, 2019
While they could expect that Team Dead wouldn’t lose morale in the face of heavy losses, the effectiveness of the Unsullied against the wights remained uncertain.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
In the godswood, Theon has somehow fought off a legion of wights and is breathing a sigh of relief—now I just have to fight the Night King, he thinks.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
If the wights and hollows failed again, this time they’d destroy a lot more than five hundred miles of empty forest.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
