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Recent Examples of wispy
Thanks to advanced image processing and stacking, the nebula's wispy filament of dust appears red and blue next to star 52 Cygni.
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Harry Bennett, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
White, wispy dust and gas clouds reflect the light from surrounding stars.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Sep. 2025
At their best, their movies were funny and casual, wispy little things that sometimes felt like comic riffs.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Texture comes into play here, as well, with wispy nests of friable katayifi topping each scallop.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Heidi, 52, wore her wispy bangs parted down the middle, drawing attention to her eyes, lined with dark eyeliner, her rosy cheeks, and bright pink lip color.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Harry Bennett, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
White, wispy dust and gas clouds reflect the light from surrounding stars.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Sep. 2025
At their best, their movies were funny and casual, wispy little things that sometimes felt like comic riffs.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Texture comes into play here, as well, with wispy nests of friable katayifi topping each scallop.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Heidi, 52, wore her wispy bangs parted down the middle, drawing attention to her eyes, lined with dark eyeliner, her rosy cheeks, and bright pink lip color.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wispy
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This internet phenomenon puts these feathery creatures in the spotlight, which ultimately aids awareness, said Matt Williams, director of conservation with the Indiana chapter of The Nature Conservancy.—
Megan Marples,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2023
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Remove the feathery cones that line the inside of the body.—
Nereya Otieno,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2023
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In the dressing room, after applying lipstick and rouge, Kaliardos plopped a wig of long, stringy brown hair on Costanzo’s head.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some of the pastas from the Middle East have a lot more egg in them and are stringy.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Structured blazers and asymmetric white button-ups were juxtaposed with diaphanous maxi dresses, sculptural resin tops, and flowing trains that danced with movement.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Seeing the works in person, one is struck by the elaborate Art Nouveau–style frames that form substantial prosceniums for these diaphanous tableaux.—
Elizabeth Mangini,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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This vigorous grower has soft, downy leaves in 12-inch mounds and starry, yellow-green flowers that emerge above them in summer.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
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Penguin chicks hatch with fluffy downy feathers that aren't waterproof.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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In a spare dining room with concrete ceilings and spindly pendant lights, chef-owners Maria Teresa Gallina and Nicolas Martinez serve only what excites them most.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Light pruning can be done again in the fall to remove spindly branches that could break under snow or ice.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Brooklinen’s Airweave cotton quilt, made of 100% Turkish cotton, has a gauzy exterior wrapped around a cotton candy cloud body.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
18 Aug. 2025
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Kerry Washington Kerry Washington looked chic in a baby pink ensemble that played to our love of textures, pairing a high-neck, lace top with a gauzy skirt embellished with pink pearls over a shiny skirt.—
Erin Jensen,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Summer pruning helps remove lanky growth and improve airflow to discourage disease and pests.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cut back stems that are long and lanky both to improve their appearance and to encourage fresh growth and possibly more flowers.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Wispy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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