powdery
Example Sentences
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A thick carpet of powdery snow covered the ground from its entrance to the wall of rock where they stood.
From Literature
The roof of the coop and the trees all around us are dusted with a layer of powdery snow from last night, and the sunshine is making everything sparkle.
From Literature
Other signs are subtle: ground covered with powdery insulation from the lines.
Autochromes possess the light-dappled depth of Impressionist paintings, the powdery precision of pointillism, the honest blushes of butterfly cheeks, and the palpable textures of gleaming silks and gilded velvets.
“I had a couple of dangerous places where the trail became a slope full of powdery snow, and it was very easy to slip off,” Novitskiy wrote on Facebook.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
