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Meanings of gossamer wings in English

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Usage of gossamer wings in English
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Look at scorpionflies, insects with long, clear gossamer wings splotched with black.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
2
She hadn't flown on gossamer wings; she'd arrived in her car.
All together dead
3
When she sang 'on gossamer wings' you could see right through those gossamer wings.
The new yorker
4
Through the straw of the sabot one sees gossamer wings appearing on horrible heels.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
5
The oh-so-familiar humming and hissing of gossamer wings whispered past.
Orb Sceptre Throne
6
It folds its gossamer wings as if it just landed.
World After
7
The woman hung a moment, then folded her gossamer wings around her, and fell.
Reach for Infinity
8
By halfway back, they've started to grow gossamer wings.
World After
9
The gossamer wings gave a sharp flap.
Darkness revealed
10
Her gossamer wings had once been pale cream punctuated with iridescent eyelike markings of yellow and black.
Spellwright
11
From gossamer wings to nickels...dimes...and quarters.
Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
12
More aircars dropped guests on the landing pads then spread gossamer wings and let the mountain winds bear them away.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
13
We had class-four fields, Father, and they were batting at us with those gossamer wings...
The Hyperion Cantos
14
Shay caught her breath at the beauty of those gossamer wings he always kept so closely guarded against his body.
Embrace the darkness
15
The black and gold messengers of the fields bore velvety pollen from flower to flower, moving lazily on shimmering, gossamer wings.
A Spinner in the Sun
16
She had twisted her hair low on her neck, and her delicate lace mantle fell about her like folded gossamer wings.
Glory of Youth
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