Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboardy
Adjective
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Ripping off every piece of the flesh, the fibrous pit like a heart in her hand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026 -
The fibrous hull of shell-on pumpkin seeds can be harder to digest in large amounts.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Riots of color, a horse or a human figure here or there, stringy webs of fabric.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Examples include Robert Piguet’s Bandit, composed by the formidable Germaine Cellier, a bitter green leathery tobacco scent, and Chanel’s Cuir de Russie, another leather fragrance, intensely animalic.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Three leathery older women stalked through the halls.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The steppe looks like a sinewy piece of yellow meat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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The crowd is sinewy and sporty.—
Grainne McBride,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Cardboardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboardy. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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