How do you use Elfin in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like fey or elvish, plus the exact meaning.
Elfin in a sentence
Elfin meaning
- An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
- A little urchin or child.
- Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
Synonyms of Elfin
Using Elfin
- The main meaning on this page is: An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. | A little urchin or child. | Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
- Useful related words include: fey, elvish, elfish, sprite.
- In the example corpus, elfin often appears in combinations such as: her elfin, and elfin.
Context around Elfin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elfin
- In this selection, "elfin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tiny, margolis, charming, eyes, smile and 1977 stand out and add context to how "elfin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tiny elfin figure her and bessie margolis elfin was a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elfin" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elfin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She then smiles her elfin smile. (6 words)
His father, Joseph, was a truck driver, and his mother, Bessie (Margolis) Elfin, was a homemaker. (16 words)
But in the person of Miss Hepburn, she is a genuinely charming, elfin waif who will be believed and adored when seen. (22 words)
Her jaw thrust forward like a prow, her elfin eyes belying her regal bearing, her wide-screen mouth wrapping itself around those slashing, implacable consonants — they’re all exactly as you remember them and want them to be. (38 words)
They initially lived in a flat in Chelsea before moving to Elfin Cottage in Beckenham in 1926, and then to Old Thatch in Bourne End (called Peterswood in her books) in 1929. (32 words)
Aidan O’Brien is well represented with Magic Wand and Elfin Queen while Joseph O’Brien runs his recent Curragh Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes winner Thundering Nights and Bolleville. (30 words)
Example sentences (12)
Her jaw thrust forward like a prow, her elfin eyes belying her regal bearing, her wide-screen mouth wrapping itself around those slashing, implacable consonants — they’re all exactly as you remember them and want them to be.
She then smiles her elfin smile.
The publication has also been credited for the re-emergence of Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Kingdoms of Elfin (1977), which even received praise from renowned fantasy author, Neil Gaiman.
Aidan O’Brien is well represented with Magic Wand and Elfin Queen while Joseph O’Brien runs his recent Curragh Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes winner Thundering Nights and Bolleville.
As a tiny, elfin figure, her intellectual rebellion makes more of an impression than it might if she took up more physical space.
Elfin John and Hunter Moonblood drove to Camp Pendleton the next morning to pick up the next generation of Hightower family after his deployment to the Middle East.
The Healesville resident won the M and O category race in his Elfin 600B in 2018 and will be competing in Benalla again this year.
Her elfin looks have earned her a string of soubriquets over the years, among them 'world's first supermodel' and 'the face of 1966'.
His father, Joseph, was a truck driver, and his mother, Bessie (Margolis) Elfin, was a homemaker.
But in the person of Miss Hepburn, she is a genuinely charming, elfin waif who will be believed and adored when seen.
The trail to and along its ridge passes by Grand Etang Lake and then rises up to the higher altitudes, cooler temperatures, and elfin mountain forests of the upper slopes.
They initially lived in a flat in Chelsea before moving to Elfin Cottage in Beckenham in 1926, and then to Old Thatch in Bourne End (called Peterswood in her books) in 1929.
Common combinations with elfin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: