Example Sentences

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Ink and transparent colors were then applied to provide a detailed picture, the filminess allowing the support to reflect light and generate a subtle glow from within.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

He catches the dusty filminess of desert light, with an particular relish and talent for dawn and twilight scenes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2017

Her sheer, white gown fell from sloping, well powdered shoulders and its filminess softened wonderfully the lines which were beginning to harden her face.

From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline

It may have the misty filminess of steam, the limpid deeps of water, or the cold weight and icy dullness of pompous ignorance.

From Spirit and Music by Hunt, H. Ernest

Now the inundation divided itself into separate wavelets, the last lagging behind, crested by a foaming parasol, which hid all details, except a general white muslin filminess.

From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic