Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboardy
Adjective
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After removing a stalk, peel away the fibrous layers to reveal the inner white stalk or heart.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025 -
And, here’s a fun fact: Humans have been growing the flax plant for thousands of years for its seeds, oil, and fibers; your favorite linen shirts are actually made from its fibrous stems.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The Reason For The Trash Can Littering the ground in stringy piles were tufts of corn silk and discarded corn husks.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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Two pairs of the 30 toads recently bred and laid thousands of eggs in long, stringy, gelatinous sacs that days later morphed into tiny tadpoles.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The flowers, which are shaped like a snapping turtle’s head, are held on erect stems flanked with leathery green leaves.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2025
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The leathery green leaves of wintergreen contrast well with its white flowers in summer, followed by bright red berries in fall.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My legs: muscular during my years of playing varsity soccer and basketball and running track; long and sinewy in my later adult life; milky-pale every winter, yet sunburned often and easily in the summer.—
Laura Neilson,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
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Nathaniel Sullivan embodied a sinewy Jochanaan who is sorely tempted by Salome’s advances.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Cardboardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboardy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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