chamois
Example Sentences
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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
When he returned, she handed him a chamois cloth to clean them with.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022
Olvera’s other research projects take him out of town, to study mainly chamois in the Pyrenees and Iberian ibex – ungulates, like the wild boar.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2019
Effective to a range of 30 feet, the Alternative incapacitates a person but would very rarely penetrate the skin, he said, citing ballistics tests using leather chamois, foam and gel to simulate the human body.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2015
I watched out of the corner of my eyes, but I never slackened the strokes of my chamois upon the brass.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
