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
Last week they helped capture a decaying wight as proof that the threat was real.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2017
"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
When necessary, wights sacrificed themselves to provide bridging and climbing positions for their brethren, effectively operating as animate siege engines.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
As the scene changes to showcase the effect of the Night King’s death, with wights everywhere fading into nothingness, we also get a fantastic shot of Viserion going down.
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2019
As his wights terrifyingly breach the Winterfell fire wall, I breach the lid of a can of Pringles—clementines can’t save me now.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
As a child, I spent hours listening to Tribal tale-spinners weave their legends of the mythical fey: the Nightbringer and his fellow jinn; ghosts, efrits, wraiths, and wights.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
