papery

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The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Hardneck garlic has bigger, more uniform cloves and a thicker skin that is easier to peel, whereas softneck has a larger number of smaller cloves with a papery skin that’s hard to peel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

While I generally love pantry ingredients and dried herbs and spices, dried parsley is a ghost of its former self that I liken to flavorless, papery trash.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

This wild child produces sweet pink or white blooms in spring followed by coin-shaped seed heads that split to reveal papery sheaths with a pearly sheen.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022

“Good night, Grandmama,” Luna said, leaning over her sleeping grandmother and kissing her papery cheek.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill