The gossamer threads of the spider web glittered in the morning light. From LearnThat.org.
They would laugh in gossamer tones, and then move on gracefully to someone else, sometimes moving gracefully at speeds exceeding 40 mph. From Wordnik.com. [Random Ferrettage, Part Deux: Costuming My Whatever-You-Call-Her] Reference
The gossamer is a sign both of approaching autumn and, exactly at the opposite season of the year, of approaching spring. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Near London] Reference
It seems the gossamer should be able to accomplish this with out giving you too much bulk, though it's all purely hypothetical on my part. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
The aeronautic spiders are known as "gossamer" spiders, because of the extreme lightness of the filaments that they cast out to the wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Mukhát al-Shaytan (Satan's snivel), = our "gossamer" = God's summer. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
She had on what is called a gossamer, which covered her from neck to toe, and on her head a hat wrapped all about with a blue veil. ". From Wordnik.com. [That Affair Next Door] Reference
This is the kind of gossamer-thin separation that makes CBS think that it can claim objectivity, fairness, insert your favorite BS phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
"gossamer" spiders, little aeronauts that cast out filaments by which the wind carries them. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
She is strong and yet it is a gossamer performance. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Hawkins heads for the Hollywood A-list ? thanks to a 1968 pay dispute] Reference
His snout was sharp and his step was light as gossamer. From Wordnik.com. [Potato Mash] Reference
But your standard pita is burlap to the fou e's gossamer. From Wordnik.com. [Soul Food] Reference
She could feel a little damp spot coming through her gossamer. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Lay down plush rugs and hang gossamer curtains from wrought iron rods. From Wordnik.com. [Felicia C. Sullivan: Hello, Home: Housewarming Gifts Worth the Splurge!] Reference
She says in that poem that only gossamer my gown, my tippet only tulle. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Collins: A Poet's Affection For Emily Dickinson] Reference
And the fairy tale takes flight on gossamer wings that are too many to count. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan. An Office Romance] Reference
And Gertie gathered her flapping gossamer about her and scurried for the house. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Even in the night, how lights they streaming golden fish turtles gossamer shining, it. From Wordnik.com. [Logan Nakyanzi Pollard: The Night] Reference
At the Tony awards, she awed Broadway with a crimson gossamer dress by Emanuel Ungaro. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Definition] Reference
And then we hear the ghostly dance again, as insubstantial as gossamer, barely audible. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Elsner: Chopin's Endless Fascination -- Between Heaven and Earth] Reference
All that had seemed dark and hopeless now appeared as nothing but gossamer fog-wreaths. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
They were fairies, exquisite in shape and fineness, robed in flowing gossamer of many colours. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderwings and other Fairy Stories] Reference
The mystique of Route 66 amounts to more than just a handful of gossamer images from Hollywood. From Wordnik.com. ['The Highway That's The Best'] Reference
In dry climates these gossamer-like threads would roughen and break at almost the slightest touch. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Suds, like gossamer bandages at her wrists, concealed the turbulence below but could not relieve it. From Wordnik.com. [Dishwater Panacea] Reference
A hand-made ground made of looped buttonhole stitches, which is the finest and most gossamer-like of all; and. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A gossamer thread spun from an arachnid's abdomen vs. tons of steel and concrete laid by construction workers?. From Wordnik.com. [High above Potomac, a peek into the inner workings of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge] Reference
The curtain, a gossamer veil hanging from ceiling to floor, was so thin I could see Stefanos lying in his bed. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Truck] Reference
It was lace, made of gossamer threads of amber in the design of lilies and leaves, and was worn over black velvet. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
He wore a doublet of sky-blue butterflies 'wings, over which dropped a magnificent lace collar woven of the gossamer. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Preachers have spun too much gossamer and tinsel; and woven too little solid bang-up and beaver for wear and comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
They could spin a thread of gossamer, or of silk from their chemicals, of any width and length, and with a rapidity that was magical. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
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