vapory

Example Sentences

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A former hippie who studied Buddhism in India, Rubin admits the seminal idea for the movie came from Hamlet's vapory father.

From Time Magazine Archive

The few times he dared to look up, she looked up, too; her eyes drifting coolly, calmly, collectedly across his face, probing with a vapory lack of concern.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

One of the black vapory ghosts was wearing the lion’s-skin cape of a standard bearer and holding a pole with a golden eagle, icicles frozen to its wings.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Even up close, the rising smoke remained vapory and indistinct.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

With exquisite appreciation Goethe depicts it, seeing well how vital it is in essence,—seeing, too, how vapory it is in form.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various