Example Sentences

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The chile relleno is fantastic, a buttermilk-battered poblano pepper with a lacily crisp exterior, filled with sofrito and vegetables and finished with a concentrated tomato sauce.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2020

The Sea-Around-Us effect is unfortunate only because what comes filtering through the combers�in These Foolish Things and I'll Remember April�seems to be a fine and lacily fanciful cocktail piano.

From Time Magazine Archive

No wax doll was ever more daintily and lacily dressed.

From Georgina of the Rainbows by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)