cobwebs

/ ˈkɒbˌwɛbz /

plural noun

1. mustiness, confusion, or obscurity
2. informal.
   stickiness of the eyelids experienced upon first awakening

Example Sentences

That he ends up not lighting a lamp but tangled in the cobwebs is one of the truths of this valuable book.

From The Daily Beast

Gregg sent me a video and in it, they describe it as “clearing the cobwebs from the air” and “stepping over a dead body.”

From The Daily Beast

That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs.

From The Daily Beast

A broken broom, covered with very ancient cobwebs, lay under one manger, and the remnants of a stable-bucket under another.

From Project Gutenberg

At present it is neither light nor dark, and is rather awkwardly relieved at intervals with cobwebs.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, he used the same pseudonym on the title-page of a third volume, Cobwebs from an Empty Skull.

From Project Gutenberg

For this was a singular individual of his day; human soul still in robust health, and not given to spin its bowels into cobwebs.

From Project Gutenberg

The floor was painted and very clean, but the walls were unfinished, and the brown rafters were festooned with cobwebs.

From Project Gutenberg