cobwebs

/ (ˈkɒbˌwɛbz) /

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pl n

mustiness, confusion, or obscurity

informal stickiness of the eyelids experienced upon first awakening

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How to use cobwebs in a sentence

That he ends up not lighting a lamp but tangled in the cobwebs is one of the truths of this valuable book.
Slaves In A Family's Past Haunt The Present|Michael Signer|August 28, 2014|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.”
Shailene Woodley Opens Up About Coming of Age, ‘Divergent,’ and the Faults in Our World|Marlow Stern|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That night, I dreamed of a square, three-story, concrete building that was dark and dingy with filth, dust, and cobwebs.
A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism|Lynn K. Wilder|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A broken broom, covered with very ancient cobwebs, lay under one manger, and the remnants of a stable-bucket under another.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper

At present it is neither light nor dark, and is rather awkwardly relieved at intervals with cobwebs.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus
Now, he used the same pseudonym on the title-page of a third volume, Cobwebs from an Empty Skull.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce
For this was a singular individual of his day; human soul still in robust health, and not given to spin its bowels into cobwebs.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
The floor was painted and very clean, but the walls were unfinished, and the brown rafters were festooned with cobwebs.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes

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