worsted
Example Sentences
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“It was a real novelty back then,” says Susan Schoelwer, Mount Vernon’s senior curator, of the fancy silk and worsted wool sofa with scrolled arms and rows of brass tacks.
From Washington Post
His father was a Wall Street banker turned Connecticut senator who was straight out of central casting: craggy, 6-foot-4, wearing gray worsted suits even in warm weather.
From New York Times
They had put chairs and pillows into it, and several worsted suits.
From The New Yorker
Sheeeeit! – came down to us from a local void, while my father sat, implacable, a worsted rock.
From The Guardian
Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
