Definition of Wisp

a small and thin amount of something, generally capable of being carried by the wind

Examples of Wisp in a sentence

With the fuel for the fire all but burnt away, there was nothing left but a wisp of smoke and scraps of ash floating on the breeze.  🔊

My grandfather may look bald at a first glance, but he actually has a small wisp of hair on the very top of his head.  🔊

A small wisp of a dandelion floated by me as I walked through the backyard at my friend’s house, the weed carried by the breeze.  🔊

A single wisp of my dog’s hair is floating around inside the house, a herald of the shedding he will undergo in the next few days as the season changes.  🔊

Even though the cigarette had been stomped on to extinguish it, there was a still a wisp of smoke rising from its tip.  🔊

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