weft
Example Sentences
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“These women’s stories emerged from history. Using the metaphor of warp and weft, these women are living in history. They are weaving their lives through history. It’s influencing them. They are influencing it.”
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Holding a heddle rod to separate the warp threads, she draws the continuous horizontal weft thread in and out of one or more warp threads.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
They were dappled, like the hues in nature, thanks to the unique weave of the textured and irregular fabric weft.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
Edmonds isn’t flag-waving; instead, she’s visually weaving the warp and weft of a painted textile for contemplation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
Then she put her mouth to a small hole near one end of the shuttle and sucked out the end of the weft thread.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
