Sentence example with the word 'sylph'

sylph

banshee, cluricaune, elemental, elf, fairy queen, gnome, gremlin, imp, leprechaun, peri, pooka, pwca, sprite, undine

Definition n. a slender graceful young woman

Last update: February 26, 2017


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SYLPH, an imaginary spirit of the air; according to Paracelsus, the first modern writer who uses the word, an air-elemental, coming between material and immaterial beings.   [Please select]

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"There is no such sylph in London."   [noun]

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Circumstances place them on board the British cruiser, "The Sylph," and from there on, they share adventures with the sailors of the Allies.   [Please select]

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What sylph would superintend the conveyance of this dust to the nostrils of a belle.   [Please select]

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"Why, man, sylph-like though she appears, she has got the health of an Amazon."   [Please select]

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A friend who was present said, 'Give the sylph a butterfly's wing, and then you have it.'   [Please select]

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As the Zephyr approached, the Sylph luffed, and came up into the wind, to wait for her.   [Please select]

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We shall take the Sylph, and every other boat on the lake, with us, so that no one can reach us.   [Please select]

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"Now, Charley, you get into the Zephyr with two fellows, and tow the Sylph off," said Tim, in a whisper.   [Please select]

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After half a dozen trials he placed the Zephyr alongside the Sylph, let go her moorings, and took her in tow.   [Please select]

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At last they reached the island, and the Sylph was anchored near the shore.   [Please select]

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syllogistically - sylph - sylphs