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

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

In an interview, as on her feed, she urges followers to ditch cobwebby notions of how a woman her age should dress.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018

James and Maybeth and Sammy pulled at the honeysuckle on the side near the barn, while Dicey explored the cobwebby barn inside.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt