velveteen
Example Sentences
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Though it missed the velveteen, heavenly heights of the album, Lipa’s performance landed nimbly on verdant earth, not soaring to starry skies but unlocking an experience that celebrated the corporeal and fleeting.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
They wore "long greasy velveteen coats, furnished with pockets of vast capacity, and their nether limbs are encased in dirty canvas trousers", Mayhew noted.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
Managing to sound both ear-shatteringly aggressive and spine-tinglingly velveteen, the Silver Lake-based, San Francisco-born trio has been a polarizing force on the metal scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
The audience — Arab couples, Western tourists, as many women as men — watched from red velveteen booths, utterly entranced.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2018
His trousers sported multiple patches of various colors and materials, and his purple velveteen jacket had buttons made from—were those spools of thread?
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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