Example Sentences

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She was alive to folklore that told of fairies and elves and the lingering dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"It's a conversation I shouldn't be having - we should be talking about fairies."

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

A bit further along, Perreau unveils a light green piece, created by Italian costume designer Ezio Toffolutti for one of the fairies in William Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

There in the forest, the models seemed at home as fairies in pajama gowns with swirling prints and pops of light.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

After all, she lived in one of those girl kind of worlds and it was chuck full of strange old men, fairies, angels, spirits, knights in shining armor, and everything else you could think of.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls