Example Sentences

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He’s not any more interesting when intoning wispily New Age-y threats such as “if dreams disappear, then so will humanity.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

At the edges, ruffles of white have half-set, wispily afloat in a sauce of sake and soy.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2015

Willis and McDormand bring way more acting ammunition than is needed to their wispily underwritten romance.

From Slate • May 24, 2012

And yet the music he makes is often wispily gorgeous, his glowering presence instantly makes the films he's in more interesting and, yes, he can direct.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2011

All around it, smoke was hovering wispily off the ground, and just behind it, great volumes of smoke were billowing from the earth over a large area.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson