How to Use gauzy in a Sentence

gauzy

adjective
  • I have only a gauzy recollection of those long-ago events.
  • These aren’t just gauzy tales from the past.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Behind a gauzy scrim on the other side of the stage is a white wall.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 24 May 2017
  • Here the female half of the couple is swathed in an immense gauzy white veil.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The actress's wavy hair grazes the table, framing a gauzy pink dress.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2018
  • The light, gauzy fabric is airy enough to double as a swimsuit cover-up.
    — Natalie Labarbera, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • On the road above Pinerolo, the light is soft and gauzy, as though diffused by a piece of tulle.
    — Saveur, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Their photos come in stark black-and-white, gauzy color and every shade in between.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The precise number of people who gained insurance is a bit gauzy.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
  • But for every such gauzy memory, there are more clunkers, or worse yet, permanent scars.
    — Thomas Beaumont, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2019
  • No one, though, is more obsessed with the irresistible gauzy shirts than Dev Hynes.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2019
  • But the film is a hazy, gauzy dream with few words, drawing a tale of love and loss with a few tears, pretty dresses and spilled wine.
    — Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The dramatic, gauzy layers looked like beautiful rain clouds swirling around her.
    — Sara Radin, refinery29.com, 26 Jan. 2020
  • The next layer could be a translucent or gauzy fabric or lightweight linen for a breezy sheer touch, or slatted blinds.
    — Jennifer Adams, Philly.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Jupiter’s clouds have a stormy, gauzy quality, like cream swirling in the largest imaginable cup of coffee.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 21 May 2018
  • Baby legs kicking in the aisle of an airplane, his head and my tits hidden under a gauzy blanket.
    — Meaghan O'Connell, Longreads, 10 Apr. 2018
  • In the middle of all this neon, gauzy posturing, something real has happened.
    — Rachel Syme, New Republic, 30 June 2017
  • The top was a gauzy periwinkle blouse with sleeves that fluttered over my shoulders, threaded with tubular clear beads.
    — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The lion approaches my tent and moans on the opposite side of a gauzy screen, 10 feet from my head.
    — Ken Geiger, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • The interiors are gauzy and elegant, full of massive green plants, and the whole place feels like a breath of fresh air.
    — Sarah Treleaven, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The set consisted of hundreds of yards of gauzy fabrics in every imaginable hue of blue.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018
  • White t-shirts, gauzy fabrics, and flowy caftans feel breezy, but can’t be trusted to offer much sun protection.
    — Laurel Naversen Geraghty, SELF, 12 Aug. 2018
  • But the movie is diluted, ultimately, by choosing to view its subject through such a gauzy lens.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 May 2017
  • Simple white swimsuits can be dressed up for a seaside breakfast with a gauzy white dress and embellished sandals.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 29 June 2018
  • The overcast sky was gauzy, like one of his gunpowder drawings from the 1960s.
    — Mark Rozzo, Vanities, 30 May 2018
  • Real tolerance is not some gauzy idea of accepting all viewpoints as equal, valid and harmless.
    — Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
  • The window seat stayed unoccupied for a while, and her hopes rose when a man with a clipboard boarded the plane, his hair gauzy with dew.
    — Anne Enright, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2019
  • This is not a gauzy figure of memory, but a flesh-and-blood woman who affects weakness while asserting an iron will.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • For the first Democratic debate, Williamson wore a gauzy Armani blouse.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Now when diners look out the floor-to-ceiling windows, partly shaded by gauzy drapes, they are confronted with a wall of high-rises.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018

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