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  • noun Plural form of wisp.

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Examples

  • A thick blue liquid spilled from its forward pods, and smoke rose in wisps from the cab.

    365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • Long thin wisps of silvery, unkempt hair framed his face like an aureole.

    CHAPTER IX 2010

  • Across Sonoma Mountain wisps of sea fog are stealing.

    Chapter 36 2010

  • No dame Felicity is cooing beside with a happy smile and luxuriating in wisps of nicotine.

    Ironic Ducks Newmania 2007

  • Through the nooks and crannies of rubble, they could see a hole that let in wisps of air and light 20 feet above.

    USATODAY.com - Miracles emerge from debris 2002

  • Long thin wisps of silvery, unkempt hair framed his face like an aureole.

    Chapter 9 1917

  • Her uncombed hair hung in wisps about her head; her hard old face was lined and gray, her hard eyes dull with brooding.

    The Ranch at the Wolverine 1914

  • Across Sonoma Mountain wisps of sea fog are stealing.

    Chapter XXXVI 1913

  • You will run, jump, swing, climb and fight your way through levels, carrying out objectives and collecting orbs (known as wisps) which can unlock special abilities.

    Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2009

  • "It's refreshing to hear a new singer who recalls wisps of Carmen McRae's ginger snap, Betty Carter's yawning reach, Anita O'Day's feline purr and Nancy Wilson's crystalline enunciation - and still asserts herself!

    unknown title 2009

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