mitten

Example Sentences

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People kept partying but I needed to hunt for the lost and found station, which had thoughtfully posted a picture of my mitten online.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

The day he arrived, on the bottom of a fishing boat, along with about 80 seasick travellers, he was hired by a mitten factory.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Hemlock is a small town located in the crook of the Michigan mitten, between the thumb and the fingers.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

They can mirror each other precisely, but a left mitten will never fit the right hand as well as it fits the left hand.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

While the pot simmered and the steam hung above it like a gray spirit, she took out a needle and thread and mended a hole in her old mitten.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George