Sentence examples for gossamer from inspiring English sources
The word 'gossamer' is correct and usable in written English
'Gossamer' can be used as an adjective to describe something delicate, light, and thin, often referring to a fabric or a thread. It can also be used as a noun to refer to a fine, sheer fabric or a delicate substance. Example: Her wedding dress was made of gossamer fabric, giving her a fairy-like appearance as she walked down the aisle.
adjective
Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
- The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer foldsGod's robe trailing in the sea!
Without the hassle and expense of buying a bottle of Cointreau or brandy, or fretting about whether you have achieved the correct gossamer lightness.
Their forthcoming single, We Are Chosen, reminds us of some of our absolute favourite things of the last decade or so: UK garage at its most gossamer and gorgeous, when it featured seemingly pitch-shifted female voices; the US R&B of Ciara and Cassie; and Stillness Is the Move.
You roll your mind around enough in that stuff and gossamer becomes shellac, and your worldview hardens to the point of impermeability.
All I could do, really, was ignore it: hit "block" and move on, knowing that that account was still out there, hidden behind a few gossamer lines of code, still putting words in my dad's mouth, still using his image to mock, abuse and silence people.
Watching her being flawlessly lampooned – her hypocrisy and pomposity laid bare with a clarity that only comedy can achieve – felt like a gossamer lifeline of hope and sanity to which we could all cling.
Michael Mukasey, the judge in the Padilla case, has dismissed that concern as "gossamer speculation" and ruled that, unless Mr Padilla has access to a lawyer, he has no way to mount a proper challenge to his detention.Mr Bush's lawyers are not in headlong retreat.
The veil of anonymity may have become gossamer-thin in an era of blogs, tweets and media directories.
AT ONE end of the machine is a roll of gossamer-light fabric.
Gossamer-winged butterfly (family Lycaenidae), any of a group of small, often brightly coloured butterflies (order Lepidoptera) that includes several hundred species commonly called coppers, blues, hairstreaks, harvesters, and metal marks.
Metalmark (subfamily Riodininae), any of a group of small, principally South American insects in the gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaenidae (order Lepidoptera), that are named for characteristic metallic wing markings.
He's right, Whishaw can move, and "Real", a gossamer-light dancefloor filler with a keen hook, was well served by its accompanying promo.
