fuzz
Example Sentences
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The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
The music still puts catchy vocal hooks over chunky guitar fuzz, though the LP also includes a laid-back rap-rock collab with Wiz Khalifa and a pretty credible country tune in the wistful “Deserve You.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
"If you're driving in here, everything would be a fuzz to you on the notices because they are so small."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
From furniture fuzz to clothing “accessories,” it seems to multiply faster than you can clean it.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024
There’s fuzz coming out of his neck and a big swath of black hair on his little head.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.