velveteen
Example Sentences
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Possessor of a velveteen baritone, perfect pitch and brilliant piano skills, Cole is known for his recordings of songs including “Unforgettable,” “Mona Lisa” and “Rambling Rose.”
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike Margery Williams' velveteen rabbit, this phantom party resists becoming real.
From Salon
With young spring grasses and unfurling flower petals spread over the land like a great velveteen robe, optimism for a future in which wild plants and animals and alternative energy flourish together seemed in order.
From National Geographic
The museum was almost always empty, the silence inside had a velveteen density, and there were little alcoves at the end of certain galleries where one could sit and reflect.
From New York Times
The famous dining hall — a former gymnasium in what was once a Jewish girls’ school — looked the same, but the diners were to be spread at intervals throughout its velveteen green seats.
From New York Times
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