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

Beverage and food cartons — despite their papery appearance — are composed of layers of paper, plastic and sometimes aluminum.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

The surgical team spent hours cutting through the layers of papery membrane and soft tissue that protect his brain.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

One page is given to appetizers wrapped in papery layers of phyllo.

From New York Times • May 31, 2022

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