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as in haze
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers

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Recent Examples of gauze
Noun
The floral-print linen and silk-blend gauze midi dress features a bustier-style bodice with semi-exposed boning and a few fabric ruffles. Julia Teti, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025 Each aims for timeless appeal with youthful twists and modest coverage, which extends to the new label’s beachwear assortment including 100 percent cotton double-gauze Vista bottoms, Laguna Fray button-up shirt and tiered maxi Reef skirt, which doubles as a maxidress. Emily Mercer, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons. Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022 Having grown up working in his mother’s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair. Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for gauze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauze
Noun
  • When a massive storm knocked out power and sent the world outside into a flickering haze of uncertainty — no streetlights, no signal, no safety net — James was there.
    Nina E. Cerfolio, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Duhamel walks us through Staten's rash actions, still driven by being lost in a haze of grief, including a punch that will have serious repercussions for Staten going forward.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer-thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 7 May 2020
  • For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
Adjective
  • Teams from outside England also seem to struggle with Arsenal’s sheer athleticism — certainly Real Madrid struggled to keep pace with their physical output in the quarter-final.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The sheer volume of potential solutions in the consideration set has caused a bit of AI paralysis.
    Tim Houlne, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Jared Weiss of The Athletic shared via X. Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson was quite vague when discussing the possibility of Garland suiting up for Game 4.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • For now, the language in the president’s executive order was fairly vague.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The reasons for her travels—whether to marry a man at her father’s behest or to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome—are hazy.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The details of the bet have become hazy in the intervening 35 years.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Morning Fog Effect: Coastal Chilean Wine Perhaps the most visible manifestation of the Humboldt's influence is the morning fog.
    Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • On Thursday at 11:09 p.m. a dense fog advisory was issued by the NWS San Diego CA valid for Friday between 2 a.m. and 9 a.m. for Orange County Coastal.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Gone are the days of sweating in heavy sneakers and tripping over flimsy flip-flops.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Makeshift tents fill the crammed courtyard, the solid edifice of the church overlooking the flimsy havens.
    CNN’s Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • To paraphrase Bochner, the thesaurus is not transparent.
    Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • One downside of selling physical gold is traditionally high trading costs — and those costs are typically not transparent, Kristof said.
    Jessica Dickler,Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025

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