velveteen

Example Sentences

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At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, one of Mrs. Beane’s hats is green velveteen.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 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

A velveteen recording that exudes warmth, it showcases Wilkes’ skills at tapping low frequencies as the seeds of melodic ideas.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 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

The zippers on Lenina’s spare pair of viscose velveteen shorts were at first a puzzle, then solved, a delight.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley