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
Drogon is injured and Dany fends for herself; as a wight descends, faithful Jorah chops its head off.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
And the blue eyes Arya would shut forever were the Night King’s, along with every other wight and White Walker, all of whom stemmed from him.
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2019
“A group of children were seen along the road this morning,” the wight said, his voice clipped, accent obscure—not quite English, not quite German.
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
Boiling oil might have made the wights more irritable but probably would not have slowed their advance.
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
As his wights terrifyingly breach the Winterfell fire wall, I breach the lid of a can of Pringles—clementines can’t save me now.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
“The wights are allied with whomever it suits their interests to be allied with,” Millard said.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
