lacy
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The final collection for Wilson is pleated, fluffy, lacy and — with its neat A-line cuts and sophisticated collars — unmistakably tennis.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
She has two of them, with lacy white- and pink-colored garments bursting out the sliding doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Ms. Carson, who is wearing a black lacy gown, mutters, “Oh God, whatever,” as she waves her arms in exasperation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Small, deciduous trees and shrubs, such as the contorted hazelnut or a lacy Japanese maple, live happily in containers for years and look lovely in springtime surrounded by crocus and then tulips.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023
One white-faced woman yanked Violet’s arms up and pulled her nightgown off over her head, and thrust a dirty, lacy white dress at her to put on.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
Mushrooms with thinner, lacier caps are best here, turning crunchy and brittle as they roast.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
Elsewhere on the table might be hoppers, crepes of fermented rice flour curved like bowls, thick and spongy at the bottom with sides that get thinner and lacier as they reach up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2018
For the laciest edges without compromising flavor, olive oil's your best bet.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2022
Not once had she flinched before the laciest coloratura passages, before measures that took her well into contralto regions, out again and up to the peak of the soprano scale.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike many a coloratura she was faithful to pitch throughout the laciest passages, took her top notes truly.
From Time Magazine Archive
And she had a new dancing frock, quite the loveliest and fluffiest and laciest she had ever worn.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler
It not only looked, it was—the very fluffiest, laciest one Jane had ever seen, with marvellous cupids and hearts, and forget-me-nots and true lover’s knots of blue ribbon.
From Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie
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