ELVES in a Sentence

Learn ELVES from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for ELVES, such as:

1. Knights and ladies, elves and pages, monks.

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 Meanings and Examples of ELVES
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elves
 n.  an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
Classic Sentence:
1  But in spite of the comical red imps, sparkling elves, and the gorgeous princes and princesses, Jo's pleasure had a drop of bitterness in it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
2  Knights and ladies, elves and pages, monks.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TEN
3  The Unquenchables had done their best to be worthy of the name, for like elves they had worked by night and conjured up a comical surprise.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Example Sentence:
1  The children -- they are falling into the hands of the elves, the smile can make people forget the troubles.