sylph
noun
a slender, graceful woman or girl.
sylphs
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pluralof sylph.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She’s a superstar in a comedy universe dominated by boys’ clubs and sylphs, and she’s funny as hell.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2016
Only in the light “Chopiniana,” a dream of sylphs and a Romantic poet in a wood at night, does Fokine’s original company give his dance theater any substance.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2012
“Emeralds,” which is set to selections from Fauré’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” and “Shylock,” draws on balletic traditions of woodland glades and evasive sylphs, poets and sighing lovers, emphasized by Peter Harvey’s garden grove décor.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2011
Pieces such as Bleeding Fairies in 1977 deconstructed the ballet stereo-types of swans, nymphs, sylphs and earth mothers in a menstrual riot of radical feminism.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2011
The knockers— hardy mountain dwellers accustomed to the cold—carried those who would have otherwise frozen: some of the dryads, or the winged sylphs, whose bodies were limp in the wintry air.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
