Etymology
Origin of vapory
Example Sentences
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Officers responded to Beyond the Cloud Vapory, located at 17th Avenue Northeast and Lake City Way Northeast, just before 6 p.m., said Seattle police spokesperson Valerie Carson.
From Seattle Times
Even up close, the rising smoke remained vapory and indistinct.
From Literature
“You start looking at a cloud and you start seeing patterns. You need a lot of vapory detail and big, dramatic flourishes.”
From Los Angeles Times
One of the black vapory ghosts was wearing the lion’s-skin cape of a standard bearer and holding a pole with a golden eagle, icicles frozen to its wings.
From Literature
The few times he dared to look up, she looked up, too; her eyes drifting coolly, calmly, collectedly across his face, probing with a vapory lack of concern.
From Literature
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