velveteen
Example Sentences
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Though it missed the velveteen, heavenly heights of the album, Lipa’s performance landed nimbly on verdant earth, not soaring to starry skies but unlocking an experience that celebrated the corporeal and fleeting.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
They wore "long greasy velveteen coats, furnished with pockets of vast capacity, and their nether limbs are encased in dirty canvas trousers", Mayhew noted.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
Unlike Margery Williams' velveteen rabbit, this phantom party resists becoming real.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2021
Women in black visors, with brightly colored scarves, velveteen jackets and baggy trousers, had brought the riches of the hills to be sold.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
He wore green velveteen pants and a brown corduroy jacket from which hung a red bandana handkerchief.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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