cobwebby
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Traditionally, Miss Havisham is presented as a dusty figure enrobed in cobwebby lace.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
Tess Coady, 21, got a bronze in snowboard slopestyle, said she benefited from feeling “less cobwebby than yesterday,” said the medal meant “the world” and said, “This is insane.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
He taught us to unlearn the cobwebby jargon of law school and to use nouns and verbs as the writing gods had intended.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2019
Singing standards with forthright sweetness and hardly a jot of flowery affectation, Ms. Haden creates a serene foil for Mr. Motian’s brushwork, with its cobwebby flutter.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2011
James and Maybeth and Sammy pulled at the honeysuckle on the side near the barn, while Dicey explored the cobwebby barn inside.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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