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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A spiteful sprite , a malevolent kelpie.
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Glastyn Also known as Glashtyn, a field sprite who frequents farmhouses on the Isle of Man.
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He is, however, not a trustworthy sprite , and delights in practical jokes of a bizarre and sometimes gruesome nature.
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He reaches the ball a step ahead of an agile sprite named Molly, whose ponytail flows behind her baseball cap.
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In places, the shadows seemed oppressively dark, sinister hiding-places where some demon or evil sprite might lurk.
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Stark Nude had been an angelic sprite of a girl who in my mind will for ever be 6 and eating jelly beans.
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The sprites are small and terribly blobby with poor colouring, virtually no animation.
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The controls are very difficult to master, especially on Level 5 where exaggerated momentum makes the sprites virtually uncontrollable.