woolen

Example Sentences

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By the 1980s tiny Mauritius, with a population of approximately one million, became the third-largest exporter of woolen knitwear in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

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

The pieces de resistance included a gleaming Renaissance cape-shawl with silver scallop fringe and woolen coats reinvented with double sleeves, cascading down poetically.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

So, on a recent morning, two dozen partisans, men and women from their early 20s to mid 70s, wrapped in heavy coats and woolen hats, stood in their yard.

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2022

These woolen factories became major employers of people whose families had been displaced when land was privatized.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz