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

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

On this overcast June afternoon, cottony clouds of varying thickness hang overhead, the sun and splashes of blue visible in the gaps between puffs.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

With a cottony touch, Messi brought the ball down with his hip before creating enough space to rip an eight-yard, angled effort past goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and into the far corner.

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2018

Already the pink had faded; it was being replaced by delicate mauve interlaced with cottony cloud wisps.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols