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

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

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

She could hear the shrieks of the Undying as they burned, their high thin papery voices crying out in tongues long dead.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin