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

She was pretty in a dryad-y way, with her purple gossamer dress and her elfish face, but her eyes were green-tinted with chlorophyll from crying.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan