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

Tess Coady, 21, got a bronze in snowboard slopestyle, said she benefited from feeling “less cobwebby than yesterday,” said the medal meant “the world” and said, “This is insane.”

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

Q’s journey from the cobwebby corners of 4chan into the mainstream likely wasn’t entirely organic.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2018

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