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Meanings of will-o'-the-wisp in English
A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground.
Synonyms
Examples for "friar's lantern"
Examples for "friar's lantern"
1
It is only the meteoric light of the ignis fatuus, soon extinguished.
2
The illusion was gone,-theignis fatuus of adventure, the dream of wealth.
3
A light which illuminates centuries must be more than an ignis fatuus.
4
To this had the ignis fatuus of a false love brought her!
5
He leaps over extensive regions of country like an ignis fatuus.
1
It drove away from me like a monstrous jack-o'-lantern driven by the wind.
2
An' dey 'low dey mus' hab a jack-o'-lantern or de fun all sp'iled.
3
His jack-o'-lantern face, Tom saw, was the result of surgery.
4
Ralph glanced up at a floating jack-o'-lantern that seemed to be eyeing his plate.
5
The man was a jack-o'-lantern, a will-o'-the-wisp, a weird, long-legged, long-armed, red-haired illusive phantom.
Usage of will-o'-the-wisp in English
1
I call you 'the will-o'-the-wisp girl' to my own private soul.
2
If will-o'-the-wisp really did represent a natural process, there are some possible explanations that Garlaschelli could test.
3
The correct rate is no more than a will-o'-the-wisp, changing from day to day in response to changing economic conditions.
4
Once her eyes had adjusted, she could see little will-o'-the-wisp lights, so faint and pale that they hardly had color at all.
5
The former Kilkenny will-o'-the-wisp is playing senior hurling for 10 years, but had to wait until this game to win his first senior county medal.
6
The will-o'-the-wisp cast a terrified look at each one in turn.
7
I could call will-o'-the-wisps, but the spiders weren't impressed by them.
8
All three looked at the will-o'-the-wisp, who was wriggling with embarrassment.
9
The thought of a conversation between Roger and this young will- o'-the-wisp tickled her.
10
I can conjure my own will-o'-the-wisp, thank you very much.
11
There is no getting hold of the Will-o'-the-Wisp that is the Irish festival trail.
12
The will-o'-the-wisp coalesced into a glowing ball, shining in the air before John's knees.
13
Goblins have little magic, only petty charms, slumbersongs, will-o'-the-wisp lanterns.
14
The will-o'-the-wisp itself belonged to a family that was hardly reputed for truthfulness or reliability.
15
He is a veritable will-o'-the-wisp, scurrying here and there in his never-ending search for marauders.
16
The will-o'-the-wisps generated by our rotting lives are at least a light in our darkness.
Translations for will-o'-the-wisp
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