wool
Example Sentences
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His fans won't be happy but you've got to wrap him in cotton wool.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
When Allbirds went public in 2021, it was valued at $4 billion and attracted many investors, including actor Leonardo DiCaprio, with its shoe model made from wool and eucalyptus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
You know those wool pockets that pro players sheathe over their golf clubs?
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
They are waulking the wool, an age-old tradition for rendering tweed soft and airtight so that it might keep the shepherds of the Scottish Hebrides warm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Within minutes of waking, the tangle of problems that had flummoxed Penelope so thoroughly the previous evening had somehow sorted themselves into neat skeins of wool, as it were.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing wool
Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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