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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wisp.

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Examples

  • Her skin hung loose on her tremendous body, and her hair wisped around her scalp like thin smoke.

    The Grace of the Foolish « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • The figure wisped closer, a silhouette seeking company.

    Acceptance Gill Hoffs 2011

  • And then the tangle of blond hair, which wisped across white lips, one open eye and skin like skim milk shining through the mud, reflecting back the blue and red strobe from the cop cars.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • And then the tangle of blond hair, which wisped across white lips, one open eye and skin like skim milk shining through the mud, reflecting back the blue and red strobe from the cop cars.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • The figure wisped closer, a silhouette seeking company.

    Acceptance Gill Hoffs 2011

  • But it wisped away once more and her concentration dissolved like sugar in hot tea.

    Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010

  • “Eternal rest grant unto him, O bon Dieu,” she whispered, but the rest of the prayer wisped away like smoke beneath a ceiling fan, the words beyond her recall.

    Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010

  • The image wisped away as if breeze-blown, and Kallie looked down.

    Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010

  • But after a few minutes the questions about the pregnancy wisped away, all the feelings dissolved, and as had happened with Sarah, she knew instantly that she was attached forever to this new child.

    NEVER WAVE GOODBYE DOUG MAGEE 2010

  • The breeze that wisped through the great forest of Kinevane was chilly.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

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