elfish

Example Sentences

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He appears elfish and shy as he approaches his instrument.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

For example, he deleted descriptions of him as “an elfish boy” who speaks “defiantly” to Wendy and tries to be “more contemptuous than ever”.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2019

He was only a couple years younger than me, but his round face, milky skin, and elfish features made him look like a teenager.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2019

Their latest exploit begins with a lost child: Maggie, a small, elfish blonde, “the type of missing kid the news media actually notices.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2017

They could not count on elfish Apparition being free from the same flaw that had taken Yaxley to Grimmauld Place on the hem of Hermione’s sleeve.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling