matted

Example Sentences

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The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Tattered curtains, matted carpets and missing shower heads were replaced.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

As erosion slows, marsh and streamside vegetation is rebounding and putting down densely matted root systems that can increasingly stand firm against flooding, or surging waves.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

In jail, they cut off his hair, which had been matted and infested with lice.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2024

Gurgi protested, whimpering and bobbing his matted head.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander