Sentence examples for elf from inspiring English sources

No one wants to be an elf and safety bore and wrap our children in cotton wool but shouldn't we try to be responsible Santas?

My favourite part was when Jinx was talking to the elf princess because it is very magical!

Forgive me if I echo the loud groan of an occasional attender at meetings of the Inklings, the Oxford literary group where Tolkien would read his early drafts: "Oh no, not another fucking elf".

"Besides", says one high-ranking elf, "he throws great parties".Santa's quirky management style, combining large quantities of mulled wine with a tight grip on the reins, has turned the ho-hum into the ho-ho-ho.

Transcending the genre Imitate or die Consumer champion Old parts, but a new whole E-hinterland For all the PCs in China Does not compute Splendid miscegenation Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsJack MaoThe Alibaba group's founder and leader is the sharp-featured Jack Ma, a man reporters cannot resist likening to a pixie or an elf.

Carla Pullitte spent $700 on Etsy, a crafts website, for a white gown and silver crown to make herself look like Galadriel, an elf from "The Lord of the Rings".

Elf hired Mrs Deviers-Joncour to this end.

Undersea networks could also monitor waterways and gather scientific data.Making wavesIn the 1970s and 1980s both America and the Soviet Union built underwater-signalling systems based on "extremely low frequency" (ELF) radio waves.

It is inspired by the wisdom of its author's old college sociology professor, Morris Schwartz, whom he describes as "a cross between a biblical prophet and a Christmas elf".

Mr Sedaris is one of the funniest writers alive; Mr Clinton is not.Mr Sedaris, a short gay American (of Greek ancestry) who lives in France, rose to fame when he read on National Public Radio the "SantaLand Diaries", a collection of short stories about his temporary employment as an elf clad in green tights at Macy's department store in New York.

When Mr Chirac ran for re-election as president last year, opponents produced a fake election poster with the slogan "Vote for me or I go to jail!"While Mr Chirac is exempt from prosecution, the trial of former executives of the French oil company, Elf-Aquitaine (as it was formerly called), now under way in Paris, is yielding some startling insights into other corners of the French establishment.