gossamery
Example Sentences
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He was playing in delicate variations, tranquil and enchanting, of effects in gold and silver, now gossamery thin, now thick and rich.
From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick
Written on the First Leaf of a Lady's Album Thou fragile, filmy, gossamery thing, First leaf of spring!
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Lamb, Mary
A vessel borne by magic gales, All rigg'd with gossamery sails, And bound for Fairy-land?
From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde
But I must not anticipate—a beautiful veil of brown tissue, none of your woolleny, gruff fabrics, fit only for penance, but a silken, gossamery cloud, soft as a baby's cheek.
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
But I must not anticipate—a beautiful veil of brown tissue, none of your woolleny, gruff fabrics, fit only for penance, but a silken gossamery cloud, soft as a baby's check.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various