I have the sense that our existence in Second Life is sylphic, immaterial and airborne. From Wordnik.com. [A Poem for HBA] Reference
Except instead of pretending to be an axe-wielding dwarf or a sylphic elf woman, you're just you in the never-ending campaign of your life. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
It's not because of the quirkiness of her lyrics (and, dear lord, is Spektor ever quirky), or her sylphic voice, or her everygirl persona, which acts as the warm, goofy-cousin antidote to Tori Amos 'frosty ice queen. From Wordnik.com. [Portland Mercury] Reference
Much I had heard and read of the swiftness and graceful motion of the antelope, but had no conception of the exquisite ease of its airy, floating perfection of movement, until I saw these glide away with the light and sylphic step of the down‑footed zephyr, that scarcely touches the lawn over which it trips so sweetly and so swift. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference
Defender of the sylphic faith. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference
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