A wispy little fellow with small hands and feet. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They remain wispy, uncertain figures in a novel that inevitably leads us to seek more definition, more certainty. From Wordnik.com. [Point of View in Fiction] Reference
The river had deposited me under a willow tree laden with some kind of wispy moss. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Circle] Reference
The first time 'wispy' and Clint Eastwood have ever been used in the same sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Its a relatively soft crumb that is almost 'wispy' inside with a nicely browned but not too crisp outside. From Wordnik.com. [The Fresh Loaf] Reference
Spider webs of wispy hair covered her brown eyes. From Wordnik.com. [BEFORE WINTER] Reference
His white beard fanned in wispy locks over his chest. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
He has a wispy beard, many moles, and steel-framed spectacles. From Wordnik.com. [The Line] Reference
The Professor-Commander was very old, with wispy grey hair and. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
She had no teeth, wispy hair, and looked very underfed and starved. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
And she'd get like all wispy-eyed and be like, "Ah, yes, I knew him.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2006] Reference
"Blast and confound this weather," he said, tugging at his wispy hair. From Wordnik.com. [FOR SCIENCE!] Reference
It was one of those wonderful little Renaissance angels with wispy hair. From Wordnik.com. [City Of Angels] Reference
The moon hung in the sky, round and pale, under cover of some wispy clouds. From Wordnik.com. [Early Tuesday Morning] Reference
She punctuated her sentences with wispy motions of her long-nailed fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Violists] Reference
The way to reinforce these wispy connections has come to be known as stimulation. From Wordnik.com. [How To Build A Baby's Brain] Reference
The cattle scattered, the sky did not change but released names into the wispy afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Unmanned] Reference
It's all about the wispy days of knowing that all you can stand to watch is Animal Planet. From Wordnik.com. [FLATFISH] Reference
The sun sat low and had a red tint, and only a few wispy clouds were scattered in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Day] Reference
In the faint light, Barrent saw a very tall, thin, stooped old man with a wispy moustache. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
Along a covered causeway, into a huge dome, up a wall with handholds, onto a wispy balcony. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
"Can I help you find something?" the blond tiny athletic tattooed little wispy woman asked Pam. From Wordnik.com. [Kumquat Soda] Reference
A wispy, rather nondescript person, his main aim in life apparently was to live up to his name. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Justice] Reference
The old woman, with the white, wispy hair, still was silent, motionless; though her eyes spoke. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool There Was] Reference
As a wispy sap for any nostalgia, especially involving the name Heinie, it all seems good to me. From Wordnik.com. [Nats unveil Ring of Honor] Reference
I met the painter, too; skinny little thing, wispy hair, thirtysomething pimples, fake English accent. From Wordnik.com. [Glass Handcuffs] Reference
And her eyes follow the wispy white trails, follow the puffs as they leave her mouth and venture outside. From Wordnik.com. [Afternoon Chores] Reference
The men's movement makes a point of not propagating "sensitivity" of the wispy, flaccid, moonstruck variety. From Wordnik.com. [Drums, Sweat And Tears] Reference
"It's about what's happening," says Jammer, a thin man in his late 20s with long wispy dreads and a goatee to match. From Wordnik.com. [Are you ready for the British MCs?] Reference
His skin is sallow, his hair is thin and wispy, and his eyes which are dull and lifeless have sunk far back into his skull. From Wordnik.com. [That's It] Reference
Palm tress and wispy-leaved shrubs bordered the outside of the pavement, and a black metal fence surrounded the entire area. From Wordnik.com. [Community Pool Advisor] Reference
"We never saw Osama bin Laden, but we were told about him," says Murad, a scrawny 19-year-old with jug ears and a wispy beard. From Wordnik.com. [The Jihad Next Door] Reference
Vanity Fair just released its Hollywood issue, and gracing its cover are nine rising starlets, all of them wispy, white women. From Wordnik.com. [A Black President Before a Black ‘Bachelor’?] Reference
Only a few wispy clouds were scattered in the sky, so the sun shone bright, and the spray from the break cooled the nearby sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Day] Reference
But down one dusty lane a thin young man with a wispy beard, was brandishing something decidedly more modern: a Thuraya satellite phone. From Wordnik.com. [Afghan Diary: Bizarre Bazaar] Reference
Nina Ricci sent her models down the runway with wispy ostrich feathers threaded through their hair like Shakespeare's midsummer fairies. From Wordnik.com. [Proud As A Peacock] Reference
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