wisp

Example Sentences

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Lady Gaga embraced her "Mayhem" era, rocking a high-necked sleeveless black feather gown from Matieres Fecales that trailed behind her in wisps of tulle.

From Barron's

This tiny wisp of a girl is fiercely strong.

From Literature

Ben, with his salt-and-pepper brown hair and blue eyes, me with my green ones, freckles, and wavy brown hair, and Meadowlark with her pale, almost bluish white skin and stick-straight blond wisps.

From Literature

It’s the mixed blessing of still being close to where you’re from, yet sung with a wisp of yearning.

From Los Angeles Times

She pointed down the mountain trail, where a thin gray wisp of smoke rose from the trees in the valley.

From Literature