elfin

Example Sentences

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With her bleach-blond punk haircut, puckish grin and bright elfin eyes, she could have come to the company’s heavily guarded San Francisco headquarters straight from a Berlin rave, via an old forest road in Middle-earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Recognizable by her shaved head and elfin features, O’Connor began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

The evening before, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, 37, had conducted that ensemble with crisply elfin spirit as one of the leading candidates to take over when Jaap van Zweden, 62, leaves at the end of next season.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023

He took part in a charity fundraiser in full scuba kit and had an elfin hand from one of his team.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2022

“I believe it is referred to briefly in a far superior elfin work, Beaupierre of Lesonge’s On Castles, Keeps, and Fortresses.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin