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How to pronounce wisp in English?

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Type Words
Type of flock
Type Words
Type of packet, parcel, bundle, package
Type Words
Type of small person
Derivation wispy


a mere wisp of a girl.
Type Words
Type of tuft, tussock


wisps of hair.

Examples of wisp

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She says a little prayer and blows a wisp of sage smoke into the chicken's face.
From the stltoday.com
For most of Hollywood, security is a will-o'-the-wisp, but there are exceptions.
From the time.com
Boris had paired Larry Lipshitz, that wisp of a boy, with Aaron, the middle Blum.
From the theatlantic.com
For that reason, McKinsey argues that BTO is a will o'the wisp for car companies.
From the economist.com
The story is a flimsy wisp of a thing, really no more than a jumble of fragments.
From the guardian.co.uk
Those scenes give the movie a wisp of nostalgia, always winsome but never maudlin.
From the sltrib.com
It can double as a neck pillow or back support, and deflates to a wisp of a thing.
From the denverpost.com
Nothing looks as effortless as a wisp of silk thrown over a cashmere sweater.
From the online.wsj.com
After a couple of hours the last wisp of energy has disappeared from the sky.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
More examples
  • A small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
  • A small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"
  • A small bundle of straw or hay
  • A flock of snipe
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