woolen

Example Sentences

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A shoemaker in town constructed the ball out of double-twisted woolen yarn, covered in calf’s skin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

These materials are the difference between a dark winter sweater and a bright summer tank top, a luxurious cashmere scarf versus rough woolen mittens.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2025

A vintage air was evoked in a faded black leather menswear coat, crumpled houndstooth skirt and wrinkled woolen socks.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Rural women spun wool or flax into thread, and men then wove it into woolen cloth or linen.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Ida wove the fabric on her loom and then cut and sewed it: brown and blue woolen pants and two shirts.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff