papery

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The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

At the hospital, Ms. Amin’s twins, Iman and Ayman, lay with thin limbs and papery skin.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Hardneck garlic has bigger, more uniform cloves and a thicker skin that is easier to peel, whereas softneck has a larger number of smaller cloves with a papery skin that’s hard to peel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

One after the other, we popped the papery pods and shook the seeds into our palms.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

I’d just put Martin down for a nap on his mat and was boiling the diapers while Elisabet crumbled a papery onion and hot pili-pili into a bowl.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver