cobwebby
Example Sentences
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Traditionally, Miss Havisham is presented as a dusty figure enrobed in cobwebby lace.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
The idea was to protect the cork from mold or nibbling critters during the years a bottle was stored in a cobwebby cellar.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2022
Q’s journey from the cobwebby corners of 4chan into the mainstream likely wasn’t entirely organic.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2018
Singing standards with forthright sweetness and hardly a jot of flowery affectation, Ms. Haden creates a serene foil for Mr. Motian’s brushwork, with its cobwebby flutter.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2011
The crow resembled more a humpy ball with straggling tail feathers, feathers as wispy and disordered as Gwystyl’s cobwebby hair.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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