filmy
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Smoke lent artificial darkness and a filmy quality to the light in areas far from the conflagration.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025
Retired high court judge Anjana Prakash told HW news that his comment was “dramatic, filmy and laughable and it had brought down the level of judiciary”.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024
For decades, researchers have assumed that the inevitable filmy buildup on electrodes inside rechargeable batteries is the driver of performance loss.
From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023
Ten giggling children, wearing short unitards or leggings or a filmy skirt just because, assemble on the long floor mats, managing to dance even when sitting down.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023
I ran as fast as I could to the storage shed, before I lost the last bit of light creeping in through the filmy windows.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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