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cobwebby

[kob-web-ee] / ˈkɒbˌwɛb i /




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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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