How to Use powdery in a Sentence

powdery

adjective
  • We skied down the powdery slopes.
  • There are lots of rocks that come in powdery form that aren’t red and didn’t get used.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The smell is powdery and floral — a true rich-lady scent.
    Jessica Prince Erlich, The Cut, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The disease produces a powdery white fungus on the nose, ears and wings.
    Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Stretch out on the powdery white sand, kayak along the shoreline, or take a dip in the inviting warm waters.
    National Geographic, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Then, as the white ropes began to sail through a sky tinged with the powdery purple of twilight, plans gave way to play.
    Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • This winter in the Louisville area has so far been light on snow, with the city receiving about an inch and a half of the powdery stuff.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Emerald green, blush pink, and powdery slate blue are the most livable of the hues popping up these days.
    Joanna Linberg, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • A quick blast of water with your hose also takes care of aphids, rose slugs and powdery mildew spores.
    Rita Perwich, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2017
  • Many are small slides of powdery snow that move as a formless mass downslope.
    National Geographic, 19 July 2019
  • The disease produces a powdery white fungus on the nose, ears and wings of diseased bats.
    Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2017
  • One, in a darkened tunnel, is shot amid a crimson glow and a clouds of powdery white (from a flour truck).
    Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The mom detected a powdery residue at the bottom of one bottle.
    Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The deadly, white, powdery substance was on the floor of the vehicle, which somehow got on him.
    CBS News, 17 May 2017
  • One of the hallmarks of great Burgundy—or any special pinot noir for that matter—is a smooth, powdery feel that coats the mouth.
    Mark Oldman, Bloomberg.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The drought made the already insubstantial dirt weak and powdery, and the piers of the shotgun houses sank into the earth.
    Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2014
  • Because the plants are kept in a greenhouse there is a constant battle with aphids, white flies, and powdery mildew.
    Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2010
  • At the jail, in a jacket pocket, officers found on the man a white, powdery substance.
    cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • This was 1992, and the look was matte, powdery skin; 'radiance' and 'glow' didn’t mean anything.
    Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Piles of powdery black sand, used to make molds that produce various parts, line one wall.
    David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Think of it as the antithesis of your grandma’s powdery eau de parfum.
    Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018
  • If your trees have a white, powdery-looking covering on the bark, treat it with dormant oil.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2 Jan. 2020
  • During the search, Jake alerted on a powdery substance.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, 22 July 2019
  • The plan was to pop off the top of the mountain, drop onto its powdery face and shred its untouched slope, racing against gravity for the sheer love of it.
    Christine Hauser, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The plan was to pop off the top of the mountain, drop onto its powdery face and shred its untouched slope, racing against gravity for the sheer love of it.
    Author: Christine Hauser, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2018
  • This spring's look is more natural than the matte caked or powdery finish of the recent past.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2018
  • While gorging on pollen, insects get the powdery substance all over their bodies and faces.
    National Geographic, 26 May 2017
  • The idea is to use extremely small dosages of the light that will kill much of the powdery white fungus, so bats have a better chance of surviving the winter.
    Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Beaches in the coastal states are in the process of welcoming guests (slowly and distantly) back to their powdery, soft-sanded shores.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2020
  • You're Exposed to Tear Gas Tear gas is a thick, powdery fog that sticks to moisture, like saliva, sweat, tears, and mucous membranes and causes an intense burning sensation.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired, 2 June 2020

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