spidery

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Recent Examples of spidery Recently, scientists studying Lucy’s cells determined that her astrocytes — spidery nerve cells critical for cellular communication — may be actively killing her neurons. Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2022 The spidery lines of the reassembled pane are a careful worker’s diary of its destruction and reconstruction — and not a bad metaphor for the arc of Korean history in the 20th century. Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022 O’Rourke’s chronic medical issues followed a chaotic route — sick, then sicker, then OK, then much sicker, then somewhat better — with spidery little paths radiating outward. Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022 During this rain-heavy time, the falls go from a spidery trickle to a powerful force of nature that plunges off the cliffs toward the earth. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2021 See all Example Sentences for spidery 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spidery
Adjective
  • The place is filled with wiry fighters reeking of Tiger Balm and sweat.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The crew also included a taxi driver from Brooklyn, a Dartmouth College student, and a wiry fisherman and seal hunter with endless stories of peril at sea.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • From the high point of the Walker Basin Trail, echoes of the area’s ranching history linger in bits of barbed wire, stock tanks and weedy livestock tracks.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Some lawns have large weedy areas; remove and add new sod or plugs. 9.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Bidot's first photo sees her in a green bikini with a stringy top that cinches in the middle and high-leg bottoms.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In a photo Estrada used to announce a reward for his capture, Wedding had long, stringy hair that seemed to be thinning, steely blue eyes, and a beard.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Michelle Troconis, the 49-year-old Venezuelan socialite who was convicted on Friday for conspiracy to commit murder, is tall, willowy, and as beautiful as a newscaster.
    Rich Cohen, airmail.news, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Kidman, who’s nearly six feet tall, impossibly willowy, and the precise shade of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, has never been an Everywoman.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Chalamet sulks and talks out of the side of his mouth, picking from a grab bag of accents that vary with each scene—all of which are far more reedy and cartoonish than Dylan actually sounded in his younger days.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
  • He was guided through the motions of the fry station by a reedy, goateed young man, an actual employee, who had been caught up in the candidate’s maudlin cosplay of worker solidarity.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The book brings to life characters such as the waspish U.S. Army general Joseph Stilwell and the eccentric U.S. ambassador Patrick Hurley.
    Richard Bernstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
  • Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure.
    New York Times, New York Times, 11 May 2022
Adjective
  • While nominated for Best Film, the epic Dune: Part Two was not shortlisted for Best Director for Denis Villeneuve. Elsewhere, some people were annoyed that the racy tennis film Challengers, starring Zendaya, did not receive a nod for Best Original Score.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, wore a white suit with a lacy corset bra noticeably peeping out from underneath her jacket, a racy touch that clashed with the solemnity of the event.
    Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers first treated and sterilized thin sections of fossil using a mixture of ultrapure water and ethanol.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Spread in a thin layer on the prepared baking sheets.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Spidery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spidery. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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