wisp

Example Sentences

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The remark carries a delicate wisp of rueful irony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

“A Minecraft Movie” is just a wisp of past glories.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

I float cucumber slices in my water and I swear like I feel like I'm getting a little wisp of a spa experience in my otherwise non luxurious life.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024

But without a jury of a defendant’s peers performing this profound obligation, our liberty is but a wisp in the wind.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2023

A dark wisp of smoke—Percy guessed it must be an eidolon—seeped into a Cyclops, made the monster hit himself in the face, then drifted off to possess another victim.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan