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

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

The cab is painted an industrial orange that contrasts cartoonishly against the cottony landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2018

For instance, Australian lady bugs were spectacularly successful in controlling the cottony cushion scale in North America.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2016

A few cottony white clouds drifted across a pale blue sky, moved along by just enough of a breeze to keep things pleasantly cool.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown