wight
noun
a human being.
wights
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pluralof wight.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
When necessary, wights sacrificed themselves to provide bridging and climbing positions for their brethren, effectively operating as animate siege engines.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
A skinny soldier, haggard from taking on a small army of wights, standing between the Night King and a strange teenager?
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2019
As his wights terrifyingly breach the Winterfell fire wall, I breach the lid of a can of Pringles—clementines can’t save me now.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Those of us who worried about such things assumed the wights were nearby, somewhere below us in that German submarine, waiting.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
