Etymology
Origin of cottony
Example Sentences
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She is posing exuberantly, her arms up-flung, with a cloud of blonde hair and, affixed to her swimsuit, a cottony, torso-sized mushroom cloud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
The depth of perspective in the canyon is astonishing, especially when cottony white clouds in a sapphire sky and pyramid-shaped peaks in the distance add an extra dimension to the tableau.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
Grouper – Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping Thousands of insomniac and anxious devotees of Liz Harris can’t be wrong: the cottony thicket of Heavy Water is lo-fi’s equivalent of the weighted blanket.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2020
With a cottony touch, Messi brought the ball down with his hip before creating enough space to rip an eight-yard, angled effort past goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and into the far corner.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2018
Her hair was white and cottony, and her skin was brown and uneven in texture like roughly hewn wood.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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