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 same fabric spilled from a long black cutaway, seams visible and splitting; was transformed into an abstract bolero atop cobwebby black lace; and got spliced with zebra stripes, old damask and brocade.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

But here’s a peek at the cobwebby inner-workings of my anti-authoritarian brain: I question everything, especially my own decisions.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022

He taught us to unlearn the cobwebby jargon of law school and to use nouns and verbs as the writing gods had intended.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2019

In cobwebby stone-lidded coffins, as in the horror comics?

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood