worsted
Example Sentences
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He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017
It's made at Alfred Brown worsted mills, a century-old family business in Bramley in Leeds.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2016
One was a pale morning-sky blue; the next tan, of light material, intended for these terrible summers; the last a heavy worsted English three-piece, gray, for state visits.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 3, 2014
The boys were neatly dressed in snow-white shirts, blazers with badges, preppy caps with badges, ties matching the badges, shiny black and brown shoes, worsted knee-high socks.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
