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Recent Examples of gauzy 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 The women, on the other hand, were dressed in long blue leggings under gauzy dresses, with baggy race T-shirts pulled over the whole ensemble. Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2020 The fragrance itself is marketed as a light and airy floral, reminiscent of wearing a gauzy cotton sundresses in a field of daffodils, which is where Gerber shot the recent campaign alongside friends and fellow models Adut Akech and Meghan Roche. Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for gauzy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauzy
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
  • The sheer variety of equipment, the pace of change and rising customer demands call for something better: a knowledge capture process that’s baked into the daily workflow.
    Thomas Cottereau, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Some may prove useful in the long run and others illusory, but for now they are statistically swamped by the sheer amount of renewable power coming online.
    Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Stories come to life only through concrete, sensory details, but my father only spoke in vague and abstract terms.
    Margot Singer July 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • Though vague, Galvin said case law suggests reasonable means that the rules are consistent with the culture and character of the type of community.
    Nora O’Neill July 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • How this all will ultimately lead to world-building applications is hazy—and that’s part of the point.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 July 2025
  • Crazy Norse is a 6.8% ABV hazy/New England IPA brewed in honor of Northern Kentucky University.
    Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • For every high-quality pair, there’s a dozen more with flimsy fasteners, scratchy fabric, and a poor fit.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 July 2025
  • In Santa Barbara, for instance, there isn’t a law requiring seismic retrofit of apartment buildings with a flimsy ground floor — often held up above a carport or garage.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Companies can do this by involving employees in the AI design process, being transparent about capabilities, and training staff for new human-centric roles.
    Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • After sharing her experience online, many TikTok users praised Linklater for using her social media platform in such a positive way, and others thanked her for being so transparent.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • That memory, faint but enduring, was set in the downstairs den of their home.
    Ajdina Halilovic, Wired News, 6 July 2025
  • Until then, there is a faint hope that tardigrades survive — though likely not living it up — on the moon.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Now and then in the distance the misty shadow of a mountain.
    Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • A little over a year ago, Urban Decay re-released the original Naked eye shadow palette, comprised of shimmery earth tones and misty gray hues.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 June 2025

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“Gauzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauzy. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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