wight

Example Sentences

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It's Mr Dooley, Mr Dooley, The wisest wight our country ever knew 'Poor Europe ambles Like sheep to shambles' Sighs Mr Dooley-ooley-ooley-oo.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2022

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

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

That and the wight probably made for a stressful day, and Tyrion becomes quite useful in that moment, in terms of making sure her plans go off without a hitch.

From The Verge • Aug. 28, 2017

"That is not me master. I don't ken that wight, and I'm as glad of it."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood