noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a strand/wisp of hair (= a thin piece of hair )
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She brushed away a strand of hair from her eyes.
a wisp of smoke (= a thin amount of smoke )
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Only a few wisps of smoke rose here and there.
will o' the wisp
wisps of cloud (= long thin pieces )
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The plane flew through occasional wisps of cloud.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At dawn he'd woken up briefly, plagued by the vanishing wisps of a vague and irritating dream.
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Corbett steeled himself but Agatha only moved the wisps of blonde hair from her forehead.
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Her body lay open before him, her only covering a few wisps of silk.
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If there was any wisp of consciousness remaining, it was beyond the reach of instruments, and of memory.
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Next comes a snap of a wisp of hair.
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One wisp of smoke will not yearn for another.
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Smoke rose out of the crooked chimneys that poked through their roofs, white wisps trailing north with the wind.
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Tiny wisps of ash floated up.