papery
Example Sentences
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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
He rubs off the papery chaff with his fingers, parboils them and covers them with seasoned rice vinegar in a jar for 24 hours.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
The walls are lined with papery things — sheets of newspaper and fragments from a map.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
Each of its folded papery petals had been pierced by a small dart of ice, leaving behind tiny perforations that winked like fireflies in the light.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
