papery

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The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Raise and project your voice, he was instructed, so it doesn’t sound so papery.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

The core look included oversized jackets with papery tops worn with trailing trousers or long-johns leggings tucked into bright cowboy boots, accented with leg warmers.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

One page is given to appetizers wrapped in papery layers of phyllo.

From New York Times • May 31, 2022

Despite her care, Javier’s skin turns sallow and thins until it looks as if she could strip it away in papery sheets.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García