wisp

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Recent Examples of wisp Pataky’s glam featured her hair pulled back into a high ponytail with a few wisps of hair to frame her face. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 July 2025 His palm smoothed over the wisps of sandy hair clinging to his scalp, his bright blue eyes fixed on me. Literary Hub, 10 July 2025 There are big notes of sweet fruit, caramelized brown sugar, black pepper, rum raisin, and cinnamon leading things off over a faint wisp of smoldering campfire which lies just underneath. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 June 2025 As for her glam, Fox’s hair was styled in a short bob with an icy blond look; a few wisps of hair framed her face. Julia Teti, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wisp
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Noun
  • In that matchup, recently crowned UFC welterweight champ Jack Della Maddalena looks to stave off the charge of ex-UFC lightweight kingpin Islam Makhachev.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Next, tweens can pick a lightweight, hypoallergenic moisturizer with a texture that appeals to them.
    Khanh T.L. Tran, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Meaning: The name Indie can be a diminutive of the names India (country southern Asia) or Indiana (state in midwestern U.S.).
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Residing on hillside slopes and gently rolling valleys surrounding the stately medieval village of Montalcino, vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are home to a clone of Sangiovese known locally as Brunello, which is a diminutive of the Italian word for brown.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The sign Scorpio isn’t known to be a weakling, nor is Tyrannosaurus.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 2 July 2025
  • Based on this challenge, the groups would have been weaklings Cedrek, Star, Chrissy, Sai, Kamilla, and Mary in one group and Eva, Joe, Mitch, Kyle, David, and Shauhin in the strongman group.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025

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