curtainlike

The beards of moss vanished from the branches alongside the passage, replaced by the curtainlike webs of brilliantly striped spiders with abdomens as large as a man's fist.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

At the far end, so big it required a whole side for itself, was a giant marquee with a high boardwalk along its front, a curtainlike frieze of painted figures stretching behind the entire length of the board bridge, menacing the crowd.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

Slabs of rye bread, no butter, large, generous slices of sausage and ham which hang down curtainlike around the bread — twenty-one cents.

Working With the Working Woman Cornelia Stratton Parker

The thing was done so speedily and quietly that it nearly escaped his notice, sharp and quick as he was; but a draught of air coming in through the partly opened door caused him to turn and look, but he was only in time to see a hand and shapely arm, on which was a beautifully wrought bracelet of Indian beadwork, draw close again the curtainlike door.

Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians Egerton Ryerson Young 1874

A guest on "Cultivating Life" showed me a great solution: a flexible, curtainlike screen to keeps bugs out but let pets come and go as they please.

chicagotribune.com - 2010

A guest on "Cultivating Life" showed me a great solution: a flexible, curtainlike screen to keeps bugs out but let pets come and go as they please.

chicagotribune.com - 2010

LEANDRA MEDINE, a fashion blogger who lives with her parents on the Upper East Side, was thumbing through the hangers in her bedroom closet on a recent Monday morning, pulling out the sort of items that she calls "sartorial contraceptives": a blouse with erect shoulder pads from Zara; a floral, curtainlike blazer by Zimmermann; high-waisted lime green trousers by

NYT > Home Page By IRINA ALEKSANDER 2010

LEANDRA MEDINE, a fashion blogger who lives with her parents on the Upper East Side, was thumbing through the hangers in her bedroom closet on a recent Monday morning, pulling out the sort of items that she calls "sartorial contraceptives": a blouse with erect shoulder pads from Zara; a floral, curtainlike blazer by Zimmermann; high-waisted lime green trousers by

NYT > Home Page By IRINA ALEKSANDER 2010