cottony

Example Sentences

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Their xiao long bao still rules, though the chain has found a new legion of fans for its Q-Bao, Shanghai-style buns that have a cottony soft top to contrast with a crispy-fried bottom.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2021

Grouper – Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping Thousands of insomniac and anxious devotees of Liz Harris can’t be wrong: the cottony thicket of Heavy Water is lo-fi’s equivalent of the weighted blanket.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2020

On this overcast June afternoon, cottony clouds of varying thickness hang overhead, the sun and splashes of blue visible in the gaps between puffs.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

The vedalia beetle was brought in to the citrus orchards of California in the 1880s to take care of a serious pest, the cottony cushion scale.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018

In the north, wispy and cottony streaks extended down from fiery clouds, a gorgeous pink rain falling.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols