cottony
Example Sentences
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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
This is for all you desert dwellers out there — an airy green shrub with bright yellow flowers that mature into cottony fluff balls.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022
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
The images are crisp but shot with long exposures that turn the action of clouds and waterfalls into cottony blurs.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2019
Moist soft flakes are falling out of it, piling up on roofs and branches, sliding off now and then to hit with a wet cottony thunk.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
