woolens

Example Sentences

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An aristocrat, he’s dressed impeccably in thick, stiff woolens that are representative of the strict Edwardian era.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

You prefer me invisible, no more than a crisp salute far away from your silks and firewood and woolens.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

They created the first true factories by bringing workers and equipment into one building with a single power source and soon flooded world markets with inexpensive cottons and woolens.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Some of the ballerinas wore woolens and heeled character shoes, while others donned white tulle and fairy wings.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2016

If she had been home, she might have spent the dark afternoons spinning or sewing, but the mistress bought her woolens and calicoes at the village stores.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson