fairy lights
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Illuminated by fairy lights and a rosy sunset, a willowy queen named Sheryka lip-synced to Toni Braxton and danced to a brisk guaguancó number with a friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Sombr’s debut album, “I Barely Know Her,” wouldn’t be out for a few days yet, but under the patio’s twinkling fairy lights, he was already sweating the numbers a bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
I moaned and groaned about the ridiculous minutiae with all my mom friends, but secretly I loved every video about 12 ways to decorate with fairy lights.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2024
She gets them to erect it at her front door, and every evening she stands on the other side of the street to admire its 500 fairy lights.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024
We step through an arc of red carnations and orange-yellow marigolds to a blur of jewel-toned silk saris and sparkly fairy lights strung in lazy zigzags across the walls.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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