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

Benedict left on Celestine’s tomb a pallium — the simple white woolen stole that is a symbol of the papacy.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023

The Navajo became sheep herders and expert weavers of woolen textiles.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Omakayas’s first job ever since she could walk was to fetch her mother’s scissors, kept safe from her small fingers in a beaded woolen case, and bring them home.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich