towelling

/ ˈtaʊəlɪŋ /

noun

1. an absorbent fabric, esp with a nap, used for making towels, bathrobes, etc

Example Sentences

Sally looks at her a moment in a pause of dry-towelling, and goes back to her room not quite convinced.

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"But I am not a fortune-teller," he said, letting his head drop into a festoon of towel, and towelling away at his two ears.

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As he now appeared in his doorway, towelling his hands, Wemmick got on his great-coat and stood by to snuff out the candles.

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His teeth clicked as he wiped himself on the burlap towelling.

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In the pauses of sponging and towelling himself, the Commandant asked the question again and again.

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