cottony
Example Sentences
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Grouper – Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping Thousands of insomniac and anxious devotees of Liz Harris can’t be wrong: the cottony thicket of Heavy Water is lo-fi’s equivalent of the weighted blanket.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2020
With a cottony touch, Messi brought the ball down with his hip before creating enough space to rip an eight-yard, angled effort past goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and into the far corner.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2018
The cab is painted an industrial orange that contrasts cartoonishly against the cottony landscape.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
The cab is painted an industrial orange that contrasts cartoonishly against the cottony landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2018
A few cottony white clouds drifted across a pale blue sky, moved along by just enough of a breeze to keep things pleasantly cool.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
