How to Use diaphanous in a Sentence

diaphanous

adjective

• Each plant shoots dozens of them from the soil, and their diaphanous leaves form a canopy above our heads.
  — Max Falkowitz, Saveur, 28 Nov. 2018
• Flocks of fish with diaphanous wings gliding over the waves.
  — Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• The diaphanous mesh pieces that look as though they’re painted on the body— that sleek almost wet look.
  — Alice Cary, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
• The sheen and muscle of Strauss wedded to the diaphanous spirit of Debussy.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• They were evoked in the actual shapes and silhouettes of the diaphanous and frothy silk gowns.
  — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
• One is boxy and diaphanous, white with a pattern of red flowers; the other is black linen.
  — Jean Garnett, The New Yorker, 10 July 2023
• By the time the portrait was finished, the scrap of cloth had transformed on the canvas into a diaphanous dress.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• Four bridesmaids wear diaphanous, sparkly tulle; the fifth, Lena, wears a plain dress with an apron—it’s her house.
  — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
• There’s one that starts with a diaphanous piano melody and then dives into a crash of guitars.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
• The May weather has gone from warm to hot, and the birthday girl, Alma, is damp in her new blue dress with long, diaphanous sleeves.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 12 May 2021
• Layered over that was a diaphanous white chiffon cape that fell to about the breastbone in the front and opened at the sides to allow the skin of bare arms to peek through.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• The dough is supple but sturdy, not a mere diaphanous veil but offering a bite of its own.
  — New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
• Thin and diaphanous, this ribbon is formed by dust and ice ejected by Enceladus.
  — National Geographic, 27 June 2018
• Farber conveys the fresh wound of Hamlet's grief by bringing out the corpse of his father draped in a diaphanous shroud.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2020
• But at the time, the cognoscenti oohed and aahed about their diaphanous moods and painterly refinement.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
• Even as figs continue to pelt the ground, the first to fall have begun to rot and are enveloped in a nimbus of diaphanous white fungus.
  — National Geographic, 29 Sep. 2016
• Even as figs continue to pelt the ground, the first to fall have begun to rot and are enveloped in a nimbus of diaphanous white fungus.
  — Christian Ziegler, National Geographic, 29 Sep. 2016
• As for your bed linens, lose the formal duvet and keep sheets casual with diaphanous white linens.
  — Jennifer Fernandez, ELLE Decor, 27 Nov. 2019
• The dark-haired woman in the painting is wearing a diaphanous blue robe, wafting across an Ipanema beach.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2021
• Bruton wears a stately blue dress covered by a diaphanous white lace shawl, her hair a riot of curls.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020
• Around the outside edges unfolds a diaphanous blue halo.
  — Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
• From her left wrist hangs a small, diaphanous plastic bag tied at the neck, its contents not quite visible.
  — Longreads, 27 July 2017
• Jeffrey Cirio, swathed in diaphanous white fabric, is cradled by the Sirens (some dancers, some Lorelei members).
  — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• The mascot’s diaphanous wings illuminate with the car’s lights.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2022
• Volume and texture emerged as the week’s dominant themes, with full skirts and diaphanous fabrics.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2020
• Handsome women swathed in diaphanous silks and heavy velvets sporting strong noses and wild manes of flaming hair?
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2022
• Colors were eye-popping, either prime or acid and the silhouette was tight and sporty, or flowing and diaphanous.
  — Thomas Adamson, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• Ella, 23, dared to bare on the designer's catwalk, wearing a diaphanous green scarf top that revealed her breast and full midriff.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
• The singer, who released two albums on Hollywood Records early in her career, showed off her performance chops throughout by expertly ruling the stage in the peach-colored costume with a towering mohawk and diaphanous gills.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• British painter Turner portrayed the ancient town, home to Caesars and Popes, as an almost hallucinatory ruin, suspended between the setting sun and rising moon and rendered in fractured strokes of diaphanous color.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024