will-o'-the-wisp
Example Sentences
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More myths would have surrounded the eerie blue glow of will-o'-the-wisp – methane from peat beds burning over the top of the marshes.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
The idea of parliamentary elections, in principle scheduled for September, at this point is only a will-o’-the-wisp.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2018
Today, 18 months after the protest movement sprang to life in New York City and became a national phenomenon, it seems almost a will-o’-the-wisp.
From Economist ● Mar. 14, 2013
Another is Yanowsky's will-o'-the-wisp solo, Sirin, choreographed by her brother Yury, who plays to her strengths: her steely technique, her way of making odd moves look natural, and familar ones – tendus, arabesques and suchlike – look strange.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2011
But the little light version slipped through her fingers like a will-o'-the-wisp.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
