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Jess Jepson, 31, who lives in Manchester, says she's been dressing for the weather by wearing loose-fitting, light and airy clothes and opting for paler colours.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Chef Ann Ahmed’s Lao restaurant is bright and airy, filled with greenery and anchored by a sprawling patio that feels like a natural extension of the dining room.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
The light and airy kitchen boasts unique yellow floors, as well as large windows on either side of the space that lend it a much more spacious feel.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
The croissant I ordered was fine, but the atmosphere was lovely — open and airy with a communal wood table inside and green and white bistro chairs outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
For a moment longer they saw her prancing up the airy stair, and then a bank of cloud hid her from their eyes.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
The small kitchen retains its midcentury charm, but open shelving above the counter provides an airier, more contemporary cupboard to show off Miranda-Martin’s dish and glassware collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
In this way, “Countries of Origin” does what all memorable novels do: It leaves the reader’s world a little larger, airier and more forgiving than before.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
More space lends an airier feel to the room, across the alley from Centrolina and newly dressed with salmon-colored chairs and fuchsia banquettes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
“They can work well in any space, but in a small living space they have the benefit of taking up less space than cabinetry and provide a lighter, airier feel,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
The deserted Ravenclaw common room was a wide, circular room, airier than any Harry had ever seen at Hogwarts.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
By contrast, Leithauser’s witty “Rhyme’s Rooms: The Architecture of Poetry” blueprints the struts and girders, the iron armature, needed to create even the airiest lyric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
The airiest batch with the best flavor hailed from the food mill, which came with its own pros and cons.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2021
She sailed through her dastardly wolf turn, obliterated all but one of her tricky connecting skills, and then positively flew off the apparatus with the highest, airiest double pike I have ever seen.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2021
Book 4 is also the airiest book in the series.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2015
It was a pleasant, mellow-toned bell, but even the airiest, tinkling chime can be rung insistently and in a panic, and that was unmistakably the type of ringing this was.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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