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
But here’s a peek at the cobwebby inner-workings of my anti-authoritarian brain: I question everything, especially my own decisions.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022
Q’s journey from the cobwebby corners of 4chan into the mainstream likely wasn’t entirely organic.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2018
It was afternoon before we sat down at the dining-room table under a cobwebby gasolier.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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