matted

Example Sentences

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The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

She travelled to the animal charity's Glasgow base to collect him and found George "more or less fine, save for some matted fur and bad teeth".

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

To a matted poodle: “Sweet love, what are you?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024

As erosion slows, marsh and streamside vegetation is rebounding and putting down densely matted root systems that can increasingly stand firm against flooding, or surging waves.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

Getting down on his hands and knees, he’d inched across the matted carpet and found the small black bag his father kept in the closet.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai