cobwebby
Example Sentences
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Traditionally, Miss Havisham is presented as a dusty figure enrobed in cobwebby lace.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
But here’s a peek at the cobwebby inner-workings of my anti-authoritarian brain: I question everything, especially my own decisions.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
But most people are expected to resort to the cobwebby basements of apartment buildings — or to the subway.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
He taught us to unlearn the cobwebby jargon of law school and to use nouns and verbs as the writing gods had intended.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2019
I discover two bedrooms, both under a thick layer of dust, one with a figure lying under a cobwebby shroud on the bed.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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