How to Use filmy in a Sentence

filmy

adjective
  • Out sprawled a wild sea of glass eyes, silver spurs and mystery elixirs locked into filmy jars.
    — Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
  • It's also found in the filmy coating created by some face masks and peels.
    — Allure, 17 Aug. 2018
  • The soap combines with the minerals in the water to leave a filmy residue on your hands.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
  • Rather, the filmy membrane just beneath the shell dictates the overall shape of the egg.
    — Ben Guarino, sacbee.com, 22 June 2017
  • Big, billowing summer clouds shared the skies with filmy tissues of faint white.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
  • Then our luck turns—in a tall, filmy, swirling pillar that is either a dust devil or a mirage.
    — Dava Sobel, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2011
  • Beyond the filmy white curtains, there was a vivid orange glow like the base of a rocket at lift-off.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Is there anything more satisfying than peeling a filmy mask off your face?
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Beyond the filmy windows, the sun had dipped below the jagged mountain horizon.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Friends and strangers will bond, flower petals will swirl alongside spit and parchment, and a big plume of filmy whiteness — smoke?
    — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The hazy lighting and filmy shades lend themselves to the perfect backdrop for a weekend-long tryst with your love.
    — Sara Tardiff, ELLE Decor, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Or, use it to more gently clean a load of delicate but filmy crystal that needs freshening.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
  • Often the bodily contours meld with filmy items of clothing that are fixed in place but seem to ripple.
    — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • For silver that is dull, filmy, or not yet discolored, mix a few drops of mild dish soap with warm water and dip in a soft cloth.
    — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
  • For items that are dull, filmy, or just starting to discolor, mix a few drops of mild dish soap with warm water and dip in a soft cloth.
    — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Then those eyes flashed brightly through their filmy heaviness, before the remainder of her face was well awake.
    — Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 10 July 2020
  • The wipes remove fingerprints and greasy smears without leaving behind any filmy residue.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 17 Jan. 2023
  • This season, those dresses were a series of loose, filmy silk satin dresses with bell sleeves that fluttered as the models walked.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire - now filmy from all the tears - but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
    — Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Val had been wearing the same set of eye contacts since before the fire — now filmy from all the tears — but the line to pick up replacements was too long.
    — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • For any type of stone, however, slathering on sanitizer can leave a filmy residue on the ring's surface that dulls its sparkle.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2020
  • To modern eyes, Marie Antoinette looks pretty and natural in her filmy dress.
    — Nancy McDonell, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Dressed in a filmy gown slit up the sides, Yee performed her dance to live music, in a style that could be described as just short of a striptease.
    — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • My dog’s kibble bag will end up in landfill, Stevenson said, because there’s no buyer for the filmy coating on the bag.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Men, including us, tend to avoid things that leave their skin feeling greasy, oily or filmy —which can make finding a moisturizer tricky.
    — Vanessa Powell, Men's Health, 25 Nov. 2022
  • White mineral buildup on fixtures, soap that won’t lather and a tight or filmy feeling after rinsing all point to hard water.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • White mineral buildup on fixtures, soap that won’t lather and a tight or filmy feeling after rinsing all point to hard water.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
  • Skin that feels tight or filmy after showering and hair that looks dull despite quality products are other common red flags.
    — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
  • The paper cup from a popular coffee chain is not recyclable, in current markets, because of the filmy wax inside.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
  • At the moment, Athens doesn’t have a buyer for plastic bags, nor for milk and juice cartons with waxy-filmy material and plastic spouts.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019

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