fuzz

Example Sentences

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That is until Stewart purchased a fuzz box for Richards a few days later, which gave the tune a raunchier sound that perfectly matched Jagger’s lyrics of frustration and alienation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

"If you're driving in here, everything would be a fuzz to you on the notices because they are so small."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

She leaves alpaca yarn outside so an Oak Titmouse can line her nest with the soft fuzz.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

More commonly, the dryness comes back and the fuzz of grass withers or a little frost curls it and there’s that amount of seed wasted.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck