cloth

Example Sentences

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I suddenly spring upward in my seat, alarmed at the touch of some sort of cloth — or perhaps a feather? — across my ankles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

If something’s sticky or stubborn, let it sit with a damp cloth for a minute before wiping; it saves you from unnecessary scrubbing.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

"When leaders wear it, it reminds people this cloth is ours," Agboli said.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

My meal came with metal utensils and a cloth napkin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Only the supply ship—which came once a year to bring them books and paper, flour and yeast, nails and cloth, and the other things they couldn’t make themselves—knew where they lived.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr