downy
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His earliest memories of fabric were totally sensory, he said, recalling the downy feel of a jamawar shawl at home in Srinagar and the soft warmth of his mother's shahtoosh saris.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
She manages to weave sounds together that shouldn’t quite fit together, finding congruency in her downy melodies and romantic lyricism.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
"Our hypothesis is that these bladder cells also protect against other plant diseases like downy mildew, a fungal disease which severely limits quinoa yields," says Max Moog.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023
The Italian government last month allocated a modest one million euros to help grape producers hurt by downy mildew.
From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023
Declaration stuck her face so close to mine, I could see the downy hairs on her cheeks—and then she hissed: “No! They don’t say it’s odd! They say it’s stupid!”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Vocabulary lists containing downy
A Boy Called Bat
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