elfin bells. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I always was thickset, "elfin" was never a possibility. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Paul, however, had a kind of elfin blond sparkle to him. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Doss, Khe Sanh. Part 1.] Reference
It is characterized by mild to moderate mental retardation and "elfin" facial features. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
She's a funny little thing -- almost elfin, isn't she?. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
Nannie stood regarding him with one of her elfin looks. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
Men flocked about her and guffawed at her elfin stabs of humour. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
The elfin funny face is up to its tricks, beaming with mischief. From Wordnik.com. [The big picture: Paris, 1956 – Audrey Hepburn on the set of Funny Face] Reference
Now there's an elfin 14-year-old world skating champion, as well. From Wordnik.com. [A League Of Their Own] Reference
The secret, elfin expression crossed his face, but he said nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
The single brow gave him a comically elfin look, and Paul grinned; Herr. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Up there we find the same elfin revelry, the same masks, the same music. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Like my other candidates, she wears short hair well and has an elfin face. From Wordnik.com. [In Reagan biopic, who should play Nancy?] Reference
Suddenly she looked up, an elfin smile of pure mischief dancing in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
His face looked like the faun's, elfin, mischievous, happy as the springtime. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
The elfin figure of Lemillulot straightened up at the other end of the table. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
Visits to the other world, the elfin-land, etc., are found all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
So might elfin bells have pealed from a thicket, inexpressibly low and tender. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
He is big and whiskered, but the bouncer's build is spoiled by an elfin smile. From Wordnik.com. [Strong Medicine] Reference
"I was expected to go somewhere else," she answered with one of her elfin looks. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
"What is the elfin dance?" asked a young man; "I have seen many, but never that.". From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
They looked unearthly, elfin and strange, and in their own way they were beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [The Colors of Space] Reference
Some twenty years ago, a large number of "elfin pipes" were dug up at Bomington, near. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
He stammered his gratitude with weak but fervent voice, then the elfin face darkened. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
"Yes," said a timid voice, "one might almost think she had joined in the elfin dance.". From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
Thus, while in each country they are ascribed to the elfin race -- the 'small people' of. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
The dark shadows under her eyes were almost black now and her elfin face seemed even thinner. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
But they could make a guess, and Dolly turned an elfin face, full of mischievous delight, to Bessie. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls on the March Bessie King's Test of Friendship] Reference
Old flint arrow-heads are worn as charms, under the belief that they were the points of elfin arrows. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Now under the drumming of his palm the particles of white dust whirled like microscopic elfin dancers. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
Farraday had brought her some Norse ballads not long before; their sad elfin cadences had charmed her. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Outside in the passage, Roderick pressed close to Christine and murmured, with a sort of elfin sadness. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
Tradition, in thus connecting stone implements with the Fairies, throws a dim light on the elfin community. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
He waded into the deep South with his elfin self to tangle with the mean forces of Mississippi and Alabama. From Wordnik.com. [Can writers change the world? Wil Haygood, Margarita Engle and Henry Petroski respond] Reference
Presently the sense of uncanniness abated somewhat; the elfin in her went out to meet the weirdness of the wood. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Imagination suggested that some elfin godmother must have prescribed the task as a condition of her future favor. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
"Eight of the characters are school girls, one is a fairy, and the boy in the little play is an elfin messenger.". From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times] Reference
Towards her pressed the innumerable host; for the sublime creature might be the priestess of the united elfin race. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
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