wight
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It's Mr Dooley, Mr Dooley, The wisest wight our country ever knew 'Poor Europe ambles Like sheep to shambles' Sighs Mr Dooley-ooley-ooley-oo.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2022
Come the spring, I’m off to either Brownsea Island or the Isle of wight and will report back.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2020
After a bunch of wight hooey with Arya in a library, and continuing anxiety in the crypt, valor, in the form of saving Arya from a wight pack, takes Beric Dondarrion.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Davos says it, Gilly says it, Daenerys says it, Jon says it: if you don’t want want to become a wight snack, the crypts are apparently the place to be.
From The Verge ● Apr. 21, 2019
“What did that wight soldier say to you, Emma? ‘I wish I could bottle what you have,’ or something to that Emma shuddered.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
What would have been the most minor behaviors a week ago — the unprotected high-five, the leaned-in whisper, the detective getting in a suspect’s face — now seem as otherworldly as wights and flying dragons.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
While they could expect that Team Dead wouldn’t lose morale in the face of heavy losses, the effectiveness of the Unsullied against the wights remained uncertain.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
Lord of the Rings fans can think of these wights as the Uruk-hai versions of the undead race — bigger, stronger, and meaner.
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2019
The soldiers rush into the castle as wights advance, and Melisandre, fire pal, magically lights the trenches—boy, she is great, I’ve decided.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Wildlings and wights and giants had been all the talk at Eastwatch, but here no one seemed to be giving them so much as a thought.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
