cottony

Example Sentences

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These slow-moving pests are covered with a mealy wax and tend to cluster in large numbers to feed, appearing as cottony masses in leaf axils and other protected areas.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

This is for all you desert dwellers out there — an airy green shrub with bright yellow flowers that mature into cottony fluff balls.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

I’ve learned to make the cottony Kaiser rolls my kids love that we usually buy from the deli.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2020

The images are crisp but shot with long exposures that turn the action of clouds and waterfalls into cottony blurs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2019

“It’s like a cottony dream, but not as warm.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss