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Recent Examples of wispy
The wispy tendril of smoke keeps the mosquitoes at bay and simultaneously smells like your best indoor candle, with notes of jasmine and salt air—a perfect accompanying scent for a summertime supper on the patio.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
There are baby bangs, thick bangs, and wispy bangs.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
Birkins can be wispy or dense, long or uneven, all depending on your hair type and aesthetic.
—Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 26 May 2026
Meanwhile, her eyes were accentuated with stone shadow on the lids and wispy falsies on the top line.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Dark, wispy clouds floated through the air, looking close enough to reach up and touch, moving but never rotating quite enough to touch the ground.
—Emily Holshouser
may 19, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
On the sideline, DRC’s French head coach Sébastien Desabre pulls at his wispy white hair.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Popular sedge plants include two-toned, coppery-brown Japanese sedge, as well as wispy brown New Zealand sedge.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
Instead, the arcs in the sky are wispy white, with the occasional faint green color mixed in.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
There are baby bangs, thick bangs, and wispy bangs.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
Birkins can be wispy or dense, long or uneven, all depending on your hair type and aesthetic.
—Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 26 May 2026
Meanwhile, her eyes were accentuated with stone shadow on the lids and wispy falsies on the top line.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Dark, wispy clouds floated through the air, looking close enough to reach up and touch, moving but never rotating quite enough to touch the ground.
—Emily Holshouser
may 19, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
On the sideline, DRC’s French head coach Sébastien Desabre pulls at his wispy white hair.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Popular sedge plants include two-toned, coppery-brown Japanese sedge, as well as wispy brown New Zealand sedge.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
Instead, the arcs in the sky are wispy white, with the occasional faint green color mixed in.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wispy
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Everyone is bulbous, stringy, or malformed.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The end product is usually tough, dry, and stringy.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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The diaphanous music of Lana Del Rey, though, never sounds bogged down by the anxiety of influence.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The first-class crew are divinely shady, with willowy Brooke Lynn Hytes making Amber a kind of drag Disney villainess.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Moss-colored chaise longues in the living area, piled with pillows and wool blankets, are perfectly positioned to take in the view, as are the four-poster beds with wool-blend mattresses and willowy gauzy curtains.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Plants produce a basal rosette of downy foliage in their first year and flower in the second season, after which the plants typically die out.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
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The following season, Jackie was tending two downy babies — BBB (Big Bear Baby) and Stormy.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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However, many annuals can become spindly and produce fewer blooms than expected unless they are pinched back.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
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The pilot episode’s cold open showed Edward’s (now-deceased) wife, Grace (Dee Wallace), being attacked by a mysterious, spindly creature in the middle of the night.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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After snapping photos of the bride all dressed up in a long gauzy veil and a white halterdress, the reality star—who wore a white sports bra with a white bathrobe tied around her waist—changed into a polarizing skirt set for the ceremony.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
1 Apr. 2026
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The gauzy texture is made from organic cotton, and the decorative pillow shams have a highly dimensional stitching.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Their first statement signing to launch the project was the €42m purchase of the lanky and languorous Argentine playmaker.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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The Bruins’ lanky center fielder, who was suspended for Friday’s game, came home when Call – a platoon second baseman to begin the year who started in center field on Friday – lined his second hit of the game to left.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
31 May 2026
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“Wispy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispy. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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