airiness

Example Sentences

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“Oganesson” is constructed around his delicate strummed riff, which recalls the ease of bossa nova, and it has an airiness and jazziness not found elsewhere on the record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Balancing our composition, the flowering stems of giant feather grass introduce airiness and movement to the summer garden.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2023

Some swear rolling it this way gives it a better "crumb," which refers to the interior texture or size of the holes inside the loaf, which equates to the airiness of the bread.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

I don’t really have a day or night preference, as both frame the riders with airiness and allow us to feel as if we are traveling somewhere new.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

“Oh, ’ello, ’Arry,” said Mundungus Fletcher, with a most unconvincing stab at airiness.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling