spiderweb
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of spiderweb
First recorded in 1890–95; v. use of spider web
Example Sentences
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What’s clear is that while platforms or their parent companies might not be sharing certain information across companies due to a spiderweb of capitalistic and legal considerations, women certainly are.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2024
One can see in Ernst's statement how this spiderweb of lies serves to distract and confuse.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024
These resemble the fibrous proteins found naturally in the body, much like a spiderweb at nanoscale.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc has an aero rake that looks like a spiderweb!
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spiderweb, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a large grey spider.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
They used a specialized electron microscope to prod the metal 200 times per second and watched as fractures spiderwebbed across its surface.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
I started my hike at the Surfer’s Beach parking lot and meandered through the tropical forest along a makeshift trail that spiderwebbed in all directions, staying on the path that hugged the coast.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
We found the glass door to our 12th-floor terrace completely spiderwebbed with cracks as if struck with tremendous force, but there was no sign of any projectile.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
When the screen frames a tiny portion of the wall, you notice how varied in intensity the color washes are, and how every square inch is spiderwebbed with cracks.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2016
Between them the stucco is spiderwebbed, and pipes poke through in two places.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
“Everyone started spiderwebbing information about our cause,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2021
He’s so close, and the room light so bright, even I can see the tiny blood vessels spiderwebbing over his pale irises.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
The fish slime glistened on his fingers as he raised the horseshoe, and Anya caught the briefest flash of magic spiderwebbing out from it.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Moss grew thick between its ancient stones, spiderwebbing up its walls like the veins in a crone’s legs.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
As he did, the axe head in his pocket swung wildly and knocked against the glass pane beside his office's door, spiderwebbing it with cracks.
From Eastern Standard Tribe by Doctorow, Cory
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