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

Managing to sound both ear-shatteringly aggressive and spine-tinglingly velveteen, the Silver Lake-based, San Francisco-born trio has been a polarizing force on the metal scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2019

He picked out matching red and white velveteen jumpsuits.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2017

The zippers on Lenina’s spare pair of viscose velveteen shorts were at first a puzzle, then solved, a delight.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley