cottony
Example Sentences
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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 images are crisp but shot with long exposures that turn the action of clouds and waterfalls into cottony blurs.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
The cab is painted an industrial orange that contrasts cartoonishly against the cottony landscape.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
Sparks fly from hammers as big as my head, forge fires glow a red deeper than blood, and cottony plumes of steam erupt every few feet from freshly quenched swords.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
