Examples of powdery in a Sentence
the beach's powdery white sand We skied down the powdery slopes.
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The powdery scene may have made some feel like winter was back. —
Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026 In a photo shared by police, officers appeared to have recovered stacks of 20-dollar bills, pills in prescription bottles, and a white powdery substance in little baggies. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 Relax on one of the island's pristine stretches of powdery sand, like White Sand Beach. —Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026 Accompanied by her husband Marcus Mumford, frontman of the group Mumford & Sons—impeccably dressed in a dark gray double-breasted suit with peak lapels, along with a white shirt and powdery tie—Carey Mulligan appeared in a black and white outfit. —Alfredo Toriello, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for powdery
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026 In a photo shared by police, officers appeared to have recovered stacks of 20-dollar bills, pills in prescription bottles, and a white powdery substance in little baggies. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 Relax on one of the island's pristine stretches of powdery sand, like White Sand Beach. —Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026 Accompanied by her husband Marcus Mumford, frontman of the group Mumford & Sons—impeccably dressed in a dark gray double-breasted suit with peak lapels, along with a white shirt and powdery tie—Carey Mulligan appeared in a black and white outfit. —Alfredo Toriello, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for powdery
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“Powdery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/powdery. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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powdery
adjective
pow·dery ˈpau̇d-ə-rē 
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