lacework

Example Sentences

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I still have a photo from a family trip in the 1930s to the worksite for Grand Coulee Dam in Eastern Washington — a beautiful lacework of steel in the sky.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

These translucent half-moons feature colored powdered glass that after heating look delicately patterned, like melted lacework.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Every single part of the dress is made out of duct tape, including its striped ribboning, embroidered flowers, flowy sleeves and intricate lacework.

From Fox News • Jul. 23, 2021

The slender, soaring slabs weave along the mountainsides, as if Mother Nature tatted some masterful lacework.

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2018

The linens pegged out on the line were froze stiff as wood and covered in a lacework of ice.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson