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foamy

[foh-mee] / ˈfoʊ mi /


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Similar effects can be found in plant tissues and even in the foamy protective nests made by some frogs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

It was all quiet and business as usual, except for the roaring trucks that were spraying foamy "detergent" on the pavement.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

He says he saw soldiers in gas masks outside, and men washing the street with a foamy solution.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Served well, Guinness is an uncommonly handsome beer, with an instantly recognizable foamy beige head that sits atop the company’s harp-logoed “tulip” glass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mars’ atmospheric pressure won’t accomplish this as well, meaning you could be left with a drink that’s much foamier than you expect.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2017

As this happens, the magma takes on a foamier consistency, increasing its speed and mobility.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was the cottage of some summer people well above the village level, among pines and birches, and overlooking the foamiest rush of the Saco, to which he instantly destined the piano of Phyllis Desmond.

From A Pair of Patient Lovers by William Dean Howells

She wore a wonderful gown all white and gold down the front, with the foamiest of sea-foam green trains hanging from her shoulders away out behind her.

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell




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