weft
Example Sentences
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His prowess and his reputation were magnificent — a magnificent guy — just part of the warp and weft of all good music that came through there.
From Los Angeles Times
Cody was weaned on weaving, tapping weft yarns for her nine-foot-tall textiles with the same wood comb she started out with at age 5.
From New York Times
One woman styled another’s hair, patiently working wefts of hair extensions into neat braids.
From Seattle Times
Flood stories live in the warp and weft of legends and religions and nations — Gilgamesh, Noah, the Greeks and Aztecs, the Norse and Native Americans.
From Los Angeles Times
The Greenlanders' cloth started out identical to the Icelanders' warp-dominant fabric but eventually shifted to contain more threads in its weft than its warp.
From Scientific American
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
