woolen

Example Sentences

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A shoemaker in town constructed the ball out of double-twisted woolen yarn, covered in calf’s skin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

These materials are the difference between a dark winter sweater and a bright summer tank top, a luxurious cashmere scarf versus rough woolen mittens.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2025

In a later photo, a 40-something Rowland beams in a crisp pink button-down shirt and woolen suit, his fingernails shiny and manicured.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

Rural women spun wool or flax into thread, and men then wove it into woolen cloth or linen.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

She saw them with white flowers beaded on the ankles, woolen balls of blanket thread to decorate the cuffs.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich