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
Farage spoke to a few hundred of his supporters seated in a hotel marquee festooned with fairy lights.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025
Are grad students too old to decorate with fairy lights?
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2024
Down below, Taninli was ablaze with fairy lights: thousands upon thousands of them, winking like fireflies in a summer evening.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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