How to Use spiderweb in a Sentence

spiderweb

noun
  • Deep cracks spiderweb across the earth.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Over the whites of his eyes crept a fine spiderweb of pink blood vessels.
    — Rachel Heng, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
  • That causes a spiderweb of minute cracks, which makes the area look white.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Heat up the skillet and whip up a stack of these spiderweb pancakes!
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • Even if the cracks radiate out like a spiderweb, there’s a fix.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Even if the cracks radiate out like a spiderweb, there's a fix.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The egg was glowing still, even brighter lines forming a spiderweb across it.
    — cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Caught in its strands, like flies in a spiderweb, were several birds.
    — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2020
  • The dress featured a sheer spiderweb design throughout in a blend of beige and black shades.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Her tentacles are like wisps of spiderweb, each with an ocellus (an eye) at its base.
    — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Dozens of bullets had turned the windshield into a spiderweb of cracks.
    — Fox News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Picture a spiderweb roughly half the size of a tennis court.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Last year, a person cracked the shop’s glass window, causing spiderweb cracks.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
  • Pipe sour cream onto guacamole and bean layers in the shape of a spiderweb and top with a fake spider.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The heart, the number 11, the spiderweb and other tats — all gone.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Mae had a cute spiderweb makeup design under her eye in the photo.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The work is hard, but harder yet is turning a blind eye to the growing spiderweb of cracks in the system.
    — Karla Theilen, STAT, 27 June 2021
  • There is no single cloud; there is an ever-growing spiderweb of clouds and cloud services.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Some fireflies will flicker when threatened by a predator or caught in a spiderweb.
    — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 4 July 2017
  • Granted, that might not be much of a concern when underneath there’s a spiderweb of cracks.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Granted, that might not be much of a concern when there’s a spiderweb of cracks underneath.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In the Great Plains, a spiderweb of lines let farmers get grains to market.
    — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • To create this look on your front porch, make a spiderweb out of rope and attach it to the side of your house or along a railing.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • There are leaves to rake, scary movies to watch, and houses to be festooned with acres of spiderweb simulacra.
    — Wired, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Spiders are so well-wired to sense vibrations that there is even a debate about whether the spiderweb is part of its brain.
    — Max G. Levy, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2022
  • To make this easy wreath, stretch a faux spiderweb onto a 12-inch embroidery hoop and close the hoop.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • Weave a continuous spiral with a long length of black yarn to create a spiderweb.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The ropes are massaged together and flattened to the width of a couple of spiderweb-like fibers.
    — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 5 May 2020
  • The boxwork pattern refers to an area of low-lying ridges of bedrock that resemble a spiderweb shape from space.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The end result resembles an uneven bull’s-eye or something that looks like a spiderweb.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022

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