The ballerina wore a long, diaphanous skirt. From LearnThat.org.
I think she deserves credit for using the word diaphanous & spelling it correctly. From Wordnik.com. [Regretsy – Blue Cheese] Reference
Designer Ashleigh Verrier said her favorite fashion word was "diaphanous" -- an adjective characterizing fineness of texture. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News - The Post Chronicle] Reference
The researchers identified a mutation in the DIAPH3 gene that causes over-production of a compound known as a diaphanous protein. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
He had removed his robe, to reveal his bright white-furred form clad in shorts and some kind of diaphanous shirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
He appears to have confounded Sebamook with Sebago, which is nearer, but has no "diaphanous" rock on its shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Maine Woods] Reference
In the bus window he sees his diaphanous face -- the windows. From Wordnik.com. [American Papyrus: 25 Poems] Reference
Eventually the diaphanous controversy dissipated like a morning fog. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Kennedy: What's Behind the Attack on Michelle Obama] Reference
She - this gown is very diaphanous, she looks regal yet still very feminine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2007] Reference
She was clad only in the diaphanous robes of her calling, and she was stacked. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
He is immaculately drawn, with recognisably repellent diaphanous wings and scarlet proboscis. From Wordnik.com. [Picture books for young children: there's a buzz about the place] Reference
One of the women in diaphanous robes, the eldest but still young, leaped gracefully to her feet. From Wordnik.com. [A Crown of Swords]
Here, with the intangible qualities of air and light, textureless and diaphanous, he is most at home. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896] Reference
It contained a robe of oriental muslin, light as air, diaphanous -- and so dazzlingly white that he remarked. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It showed a fragile, pearly ring, almost diaphanous, hanging tilted against spatial blackness and pinpoint stars. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
Young persons of slender figure prefer light, diaphanous dresses; the chaperons can wear heavy velvet and brocade. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
Pink pillbox hats, leopard purses, diaphanous blue gowns light as air; her shop has the feel of an enchanted attic. From Wordnik.com. [Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods] Reference
The French epic language is not distinguished and made difficult in this way; it is "not prismatic but diaphanous.". From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Maybe years earlier someone he loved had died and afterward the world and nearly everyone in it seemed ghostly and diaphanous. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature] Reference
She was draped in white silk from the Isle of Cos, and through this diaphanous dress the outlines of her lovely form were seen. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
"Then the material loveliness becomes the diaphanous veil through which glint realities of which all phenomena are expressions.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
The central nervous column with its sheath runs as a dark stripe through the whole length of the diaphanous muscles of the body. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
Even in the dark he could see that a diaphanous gauze of dust overhung it and the air was heavy with the most volatile particles. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Hills, that range of diaphanous and yet intense blue, that swims forever against the sky, that marches forever around the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth] Reference
Her white arm gleamed in the gathering dusk, and she was dressed in some diaphanous blue stuff that enhanced the bronze of her hair. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Saying no more, Lydia turned her back and floated into her bedchamber, her diaphanous peach voile nightdress and wrapper spread wide. From Wordnik.com. [Sexy Beast IV]
The canvas of 1903 must be regarded as the final success -- the sleeping figure is more asleep, his vision more dreamlike and diaphanous. From Wordnik.com. [Watts (1817-1904)] Reference
Pliny saith, Shell fish is the wonderful geniture of a pearl congealed into a diaphanous stone, and the shell is called the mother of pearl. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
"And so, on account of this diaphanous, indescribable, exquisite something, I am to be calmly thrown over; calmly told to go about my business!". From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
There was a short silence, and they looked straight at each other, the slim, tall girl in her diaphanous tulles, the powerful, innocent-eyed man. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
There was a shaggy diaphanous flower of silver gauze to wear on the shoulder, and the shoes that went with it were silver kid, well cut and severe. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
For, strangely, the lady wore only a sarong of thin material, a diaphanous jacket, and very low sandals; she might almost have posed as a life model. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
The High Priestess reached into the diaphanous pile of her clothing and came up with a small diamond-encrusted watch she wore, usually, on her wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
Something very like a diaphanous white cloud enwrapped him; two thin arms, visible through it, went suddenly round his neck; then his arms enfolded her. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.