cobwebby

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Traditionally, Miss Havisham is presented as a dusty figure enrobed in cobwebby lace.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

Tess Coady, 21, got a bronze in snowboard slopestyle, said she benefited from feeling “less cobwebby than yesterday,” said the medal meant “the world” and said, “This is insane.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022

He taught us to unlearn the cobwebby jargon of law school and to use nouns and verbs as the writing gods had intended.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2019

It was cobwebby inside, a bit of a crime scene.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2018

I discover two bedrooms, both under a thick layer of dust, one with a figure lying under a cobwebby shroud on the bed.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black