sprites
- plural of sprite.
Example Sentences
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The show’s makers also used crowd sprites, in which actors were filmed individually on green screens and then arranged to appear as part of the crowd.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023
The setting suits Martin, who exudes a kind of wry wood sprite energy, if wood sprites wore black T-shirts and khakis.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Early on, to some extent, sprites were simply dismissed as illusory before being found as authentic, albeit very strange.
From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2023
But the developers weren’t as limited when it came to how much they could put on screen and weren’t forced to do things like reuse animations or character sprites in the interest of saving memory.
From The Verge • Jun. 18, 2022
In the world were also dwarfs—ugly creatures, but masterly craftsmen, who lived under the earth; and elves, lovely sprites, who tended the flowers and streams.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
