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Recent Examples of wispy
On the sideline, DRC’s French head coach Sébastien Desabre pulls at his wispy white hair.
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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
His 2025 tape, WOMB, embodied this through his pensive grumbles over wispy vocal chops; each bar that cut through the fog was steeped in sober gravitas.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
Their hair was neatly cut, unlike the wispy tendrils our braids ended in.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
The land is an overcrowded cattle pasture in a wispy meadow on West Flint Drive with a house, a barn and a corral.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
White and wispy spring blooms stand above foliage from late spring to early summer.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
The professional poker player finished everything off with classic Hollywood glam, including long wispy eyelashes, black eyeliner, bronzy cheeks, a bright red lip, and matching nails.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
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
His 2025 tape, WOMB, embodied this through his pensive grumbles over wispy vocal chops; each bar that cut through the fog was steeped in sober gravitas.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026
Their hair was neatly cut, unlike the wispy tendrils our braids ended in.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
The land is an overcrowded cattle pasture in a wispy meadow on West Flint Drive with a house, a barn and a corral.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
White and wispy spring blooms stand above foliage from late spring to early summer.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
The professional poker player finished everything off with classic Hollywood glam, including long wispy eyelashes, black eyeliner, bronzy cheeks, a bright red lip, and matching nails.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 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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The end product is usually tough, dry, and stringy.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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Finally, dingy, discolored, or stringy towels need to get the heave-ho.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 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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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
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Given the differences in Western and Eastern beauty standards, and the realities of setting a romance in the hockey world, neither Shane nor Ilya fit the mold of BL’s feminine, willowy bishonen.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
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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A bit on the spindly side (6-foot, 170 pounds), Reichel’s problem through his young career has been finding the inside ice.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
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These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 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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Use a dwarf variety of this typically tall annual to avoid lanky flowers that could fall over.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
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Trevor is a lanky, handsome Pacific Northwesterner duly decked out in flannel and denim.—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
11 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Wispy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispy. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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