linen

Example Sentences

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But he warned: "The linen backing is weakened by age, and the wool embroidery threads are vulnerable to stress."

From Barron's

"The linen backing is weakened by age, and the wool embroidery threads are vulnerable to stress," he said, adding that he had researched the process.

From BBC

It felt a tinge awkward handling all these frills, but I’d laundered enough of my mama’s linens to know what was what.

From Literature

Until then, all kinds of designs were patched together from silk, linen, wool or “anything at hand.”

From Salon

He disappears upstairs and returns minutes later in a blonde wig, yellow polo with the collar popped and a white linen jacket—the costume of his alter ego, “Hall and Grits.”

From The Wall Street Journal