What is "ribbony"

Usage examples of "ribbony".

Pie after leaving Klamath Falls, with little islands of solid ground here and there that supported trees whose twisted trunks reminded me of Monterey pines, but whose leaves were ribbony and fluttered in the wind like streamers.

Sponges like rubbery tubes sucked in warm water, filtering out microorganisms, while ribbony sea snakes glided by.

STREETS of the European quarter were dark nowwhich meant that the black, ribbony alleys of the native hole would be unquestionably darker.

Katriona, and as he stretched out his hand toward her a spider dropped down from nowhere, from some fold of his glittering, ribbony sleeve.

The ribbony thing burst like a balloon, filling the water with red liquid.

I kept my eyes on the road, which was bright and ribbony in the pale light of the moon.

The breeze was warm, and Anton detected a sour tang of blooming aquatic plant life, rafts of large orange flowers like a crossbreed of lily pads and ribbony kelp.

The lacy bridal veil, the little buckled slippers, the full, filmy petticoats and all the soft white ribbony things that it is the right of every bride to have.

The vessel cruised over ribbony masses of coral and underwater forests of seaweed.

Jilly added, tying her blond hair back with a blue, ribbony scrunchie.

India shawls, and their ribbony bonnets, and stood talking with Grandma and Mrs.

Then the gnole opened his little fanged mouth and let Mortensen look at his narrow, ribbony tongue.

Beneath the windows a small Christmas tree stood on a table, surrounded by ribbony presents.

Pie after leaving Klamath Falls, with little islands of solid ground here and there that supported trees whose twisted trunks reminded me of Monterey pines, but whose leaves were ribbony and fluttered in the wind like streamers.

Some of these lay low, under or half-under the wash of the waves, covered with anemone and barnacle and ribbony sea fern.