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
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
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
Singing standards with forthright sweetness and hardly a jot of flowery affectation, Ms. Haden creates a serene foil for Mr. Motian’s brushwork, with its cobwebby flutter.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2011
In cobwebby stone-lidded coffins, as in the horror comics?
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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