woolly
Example Sentences
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In return he tried to make their lives comfortable, learning to cure their ills, treating their cuts and bruises as his mother treated his, combing burrs and prickles from their woolly coats.
From Literature
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At the end of a gravel road, a few children played outdoors, rosy-cheeked in the bitter cold, one wearing a Spiderman woolly hat.
From Barron's
Mr. Ellis’s music can generally be described as woolly folk-rock mixed with a few jazzy inflections.
There was a comical incident when he turned the focus knob and unwittingly brought the face of a distant woolly sheep into close-up view.
From Literature
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When it is not possible to keep rooms heated to 18C, he recommends wearing gloves, warm socks and a woolly hat, eating a higher carbohydrate diet and generating more body heat by moving around.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.