papery

Example Sentences

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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

One after the other, we popped the papery pods and shook the seeds into our palms.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Raise and project your voice, he was instructed, so it doesn’t sound so papery.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Three days later, I pulled the papery leaves from the stems and packed them into a jar of winter tea.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022

There was something dry and papery about it, and it had a bitter flavor.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden