Example Sentences

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To be fair, the gauziness feels right, for instead of offering a 10-point plan for a better life, the author is hoping to induce a shift in thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

And, if none of the individual voices were particularly impressive, the choir achieved remarkable, moving effects of hovering gauziness and almost whispered sweetness; the sound was sometimes mellow, sometimes thrillingly emphatic.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Experts say the gauziness of Ms. Harris’s trip is a sign that Mr. Macron has already gotten much of what he has demanded, both in substance and diplomatic style.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

You’ll recall with appropriate layers of gauziness Trump’s most-pleasant dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2018

It had once been delicately blue and gauzy, but its gauziness hung in crushed folds and its blue was almost grey.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson