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Hewing to genre conventions, Iris frees herself from Josh’s control and fights back, forcing him to whip up a plan B involving a fine-spun alibi made of stuff and nonsense.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2025

But Drucker, he figured, was going for something a little more fine-spun.

From Time Feb. 26, 2014

Her singing combined voluptuous sound, fine-spun lyricism and blazing coloratura.

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2012

I turn to him—that pale skin, the fine-spun beard, the bright, bitter eyes.

From The New Yorker Sep. 27, 2010

The bony ribs of the wing stood out as high as a hill, and the arteries and veins gleamed like wires of fine-spun ruby and turquoise pressed into a thin sheet of jade.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep