How to Use cobweb in a Sentence

cobweb

noun
  • Dirt and cobwebs filled the corners of the room.
  • The barn is filled with cobwebs.
  • Inside the house, cobweb-like decor hangs from the ceiling and walls.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2022
  • No more dark and dingy walls at all sort of strange angles, all covered in dust and cobwebs.
    — Nathan Barry, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2012
  • Check in the corners for cobwebs; microfiber towels are the best to have on hand.
    — Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • On the flip side, doom and gloom blooms adorned with extra cobwebs and spiders to dark hearts' delight.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 26 Oct. 2018
  • And while there may be a few more burned out light bulbs and cobwebs each time, the food continues to impress.
    — Steven Stolman, Town & Country, 23 May 2018
  • When a cricket got hooked, not all the orb spiders could fully pull it up, as a cobweb spider does.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2017
  • When a cricket got hooked, not all the orb spiders could fully pull it up, as a cobweb spider does.
    — Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 30 May 2017
  • There must have been joy in being able to go into her barn, take a broom, sweep down a cobweb, and put it on a child’s wound.
    — Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The swamp may or may not be drained, but the White House is now strewn with spiders, bats and cobwebs.
    — Yelena Dzhanova, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2017
  • If your wallet is mostly storing dust and cobwebs, use the next few weeks to save, budget, and set long-term goals.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The grinning jack-o'-lanterns say their goodbyes, the cobwebs get brushed away, and the skeletons return to their coffins.
    — Suzanna Lantana, Country Living, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Their fashion, politics, music, movies and mores would blow away the old like cobwebs in a wind tunnel.
    — Leonard Pitts Jr - Miami Herald, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • This very common spider is identifiable by its cobweb-like homes.
    — NOLA.com, 5 July 2017
  • The whiteboard still lists the cows that were hurt or sick, the silver tanks are redolent of sour milk, and cobwebs cover the milking pumps.
    — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2019
  • But to Zoey, Halloween is about more than candy or costumes or even the faux cobweb stretched across their front lawn.
    — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Double the celebration might bring double the reason to stock up on fake cobwebs and fun-sized candy.
    — Scottie Andrew and Brian Ries, CNN, 31 July 2019
  • The greenery surrounding the lagoon in Aitoliko is buried in thick, sticky cobwebs.
    — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2018
  • Broomsticks and cobwebs from the previous night’s Halloween party hang on the walls.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Tough-minded, cobweb-free, Mantel’s Tudor tales helped refresh a dusty genre.
    — Boyd Tonkin, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The Rose City Rollers league boasts 17 teams and programs that will shake those winter cobwebs right off.
    — OregonLive.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Eliminate dust on drapes, cobwebs in corners, and pet fur from your couch with a special attachment no robot vac has yet to surpass.
    — Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Giant spiders and cobwebs swung from the columns of the South Portico.
    — Maggie Mallon, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Its broad deck is studded with menacing cannon, with even larger weapons in the gun deck below, and its airspace is a cobweb of lines that can hoist 48 sails.
    — Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2022
  • This method is particularly suited to smaller jobs, like removing a cobweb, but it can also be used for all-over cleaning.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The plastic light fitting, set high up near the top, as high as a double-decker bus, is encrusted with layers of pale-grey pigeon droppings and cobwebs.
    — Longreads, 15 June 2018
  • Workers are expected to paint, tighten and overall tune the attraction to clear out the cobwebs (save those that are part of the experience).
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 30 Dec. 2019
  • College football is just getting started, so the sign geniuses are still brushing off their creative cobwebs from the offseason.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2017
  • The main solution is to wipe away the cobwebs and wash off the droppings, which Crawford said are chemically similar to bird poop.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019

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