burlap

Example Sentences

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Others are grappling with impossible choices, such as Samar Bawaba, who sat with her six children in the back of a truck among burlap bags of rice and other supplies.

From Los Angeles Times

He later opened a large manufacturing plant that supplied burlap bags for the cement industry, and bottles to liquor companies like Bacardi.

From New York Times

My grandmother's kitchen went through a 200-pound burlap sack of wheat flour every month due to the many mouths to feed in frequent rotation over the years.

From Salon

Besides summer burlap banding, trees can be treated in spring with Btk, the naturally occurring bacterium, when caterpillars are up to a half-inch long.

From Seattle Times

India has cultivated jute, a coarse fiber used to make fabrics like burlap, for centuries.

From New York Times