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

Beverage and food cartons — despite their papery appearance — are composed of layers of paper, plastic and sometimes aluminum.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

He rubs off the papery chaff with his fingers, parboils them and covers them with seasoned rice vinegar in a jar for 24 hours.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 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

The chain rustled as it slid between their hands; the stone warmed as the Queen’s papery skin became strong and smooth, and her cheeks bloomed pink as a rose.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo