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

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

It was cobwebby inside, a bit of a crime scene.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2018

It was afternoon before we sat down at the dining-room table under a cobwebby gasolier.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck