wights
- plural of wight.
Example Sentences
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What would have been the most minor behaviors a week ago — the unprotected high-five, the leaned-in whisper, the detective getting in a suspect’s face — now seem as otherworldly as wights and flying dragons.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
Boiling oil might have made the wights more irritable but probably would not have slowed their advance.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
We tried to count how many wights, White Walkers, Dothraki, other humans, and other mythical creatures died.
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2019
The soldiers rush into the castle as wights advance, and Melisandre, fire pal, magically lights the trenches—boy, she is great, I’ve decided.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
“When she found out you were gone, she just about went off her chump. Thought you’d been abducted by wights or some barmi- ness. Sorry, Em. I had to tell her.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
