chamois
Example Sentences
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He made it his profession at a time when flying meant filtering automobile gasoline through a chamois skin and landing in cotton fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Pia Anderwald, a researcher with the Swiss National Park in Zernez, Switzerland, who studies antelope-like chamois and other hoofed Alpine mammals, was not surprised by the number of goat avalanche deaths in the study.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
To have a basis for comparing the neanderthal's results, the study also examined other animals from the region, including carnivores like wolves and lynxes and herbivores like rabbits and chamois.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2022
After climbing out of the pool, Shi buried her face in her yellow chamois, hiding her tears.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
If I take a chamois and rub real hard on the bone, right on the ledge of your cheek bone, some of the black will disappear.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
