papery

Example Sentences

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Being back at Disney, Dudamel admits, is very emotional, especially conducting “Walküre” with Gehry’s sets of billowy, sumptuous clouds and fanciful white papery horses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

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

At the hospital, Ms. Amin’s twins, Iman and Ayman, lay with thin limbs and papery skin.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Gabe had leaned down and kissed the papery cheek of the silent woman in the bed.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry