What is "sylvans"

Usage examples of "sylvans".

In a way, he blessed the road that had brought them all here, for in comparison to these Sylvans, he looked positively human.

Foreign plants might carry disease that could wipe out entire species of the plants the Sylvans had come to depend on.

He saw two of the Sylvans leaving it, going down the twisted vines that served as a staircase.

In a moment, a smell of cooking wafted on the breeze from ahead of him, confirming at least one of his guesses, that these Sylvans ate communally.

Large pots simmered over carefully tended fires, and Sylvans both adult and child walked or sat in groups.

No one noticed him, there in the shadows at the entrance, and he took his time looking the Sylvans over.

It was on one of the Sylvans sitting and eating nearby, and the only one who seemed to be doing so alone.

When he passed through the stone walls that Xylina had erected around the camp, he found the Mazonite in her tent, discussing the Sylvans with her slave.

I think the best way to deal with Sylvans who choose to harass us is to ignore them.

She suspected that only the fact that the Sylvans tended to concentrate their harassment on her, as the mistress, ignoring the slaves for the most part, had kept serious incidents from occurring.

It felt right and good to be there, and without all the critical eyes of the Sylvans upon her, she felt more confident than she had in several days.

The Sylvans wouldn't say, and whatever it is, it just might think that this tunnel makes a perfect site for a nest.

When we cut into the main battle I don't think we can avoid a close-in exchange with those 24-pounder frigates that are engaging the Sylvans and Stolsh.

It's doubtful that any Westerness diplomat had ever foreseen the current situation, but Melville was beginning to wonder if the long-lived and far-sighted Sylvans hadn't anticipated this possibility.

He and Broadax were developing a fragile truce based on mutual cynicism, distrust of the Sylvans, and dislike of their refined food, a truce that had been cultivated across countless boring banquets.