Etymology
Origin of cobwebby
Vocabulary lists containing cobwebby
Example Sentences
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Traditionally, Miss Havisham is presented as a dusty figure enrobed in cobwebby lace.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
This strategy tends to scratch at the cobwebby corners of triviagoers’ brains, inspiring fact recall for things people didn’t even realize they remembered.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Tess Coady, 21, got a bronze in snowboard slopestyle, said she benefited from feeling “less cobwebby than yesterday,” said the medal meant “the world” and said, “This is insane.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
He taught us to unlearn the cobwebby jargon of law school and to use nouns and verbs as the writing gods had intended.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2019
“You got a dusty cobwebby attic up there?”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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