woolen

Example Sentences

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By the 1980s tiny Mauritius, with a population of approximately one million, became the third-largest exporter of woolen knitwear in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

These materials are the difference between a dark winter sweater and a bright summer tank top, a luxurious cashmere scarf versus rough woolen mittens.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2025

The pieces de resistance included a gleaming Renaissance cape-shawl with silver scallop fringe and woolen coats reinvented with double sleeves, cascading down poetically.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Rural women spun wool or flax into thread, and men then wove it into woolen cloth or linen.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Jeanne’s neighbors were spilling into the sunlight, adjusting their brown woolen tunics, stretching, scratching their oily heads.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz