cottony
Example Sentences
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She is posing exuberantly, her arms up-flung, with a cloud of blonde hair and, affixed to her swimsuit, a cottony, torso-sized mushroom cloud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
At one of Uganda’s Green Shops, a chain specializing in used clothes, apparel reseller Glen Kalungi shopped for items his customers might want: vintage pants for men and cottony tops for women.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
I’ve learned to make the cottony Kaiser rolls my kids love that we usually buy from the deli.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
Grouper – Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping Thousands of insomniac and anxious devotees of Liz Harris can’t be wrong: the cottony thicket of Heavy Water is lo-fi’s equivalent of the weighted blanket.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2020
The cold, cottony light of a winter storm was something he gave thanks for after living without windows for seventy-seven days.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
