gossamer
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Cleverly, the understated production never distracts from the lyrics, with ringing piano chords and gossamer strings that tesselate seamlessly with Burns' soulful melodies.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
Back in October, after speaking with food content creator and cookbook author Owen Han, I described frico as such: “lacy, gossamer, uber-crispy cooked flats of parmesan cheese.”
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
To see the familiar faces, to hear the old story, to think about the old song — such remembrances tether us, however frayed and fragile the gossamer of grief, to a world transformed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024
Princeton researchers have learned to harness the gossamer scaffolding that maintains the structure of living cells and used it to develop a nanotechnology platform.
From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2024
The nightdress was inside the case, thin as gossamer, apricot in colour.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing gossamer
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