woollen
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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At the family house, Khaled's grandmother Najah Bani Odeh sat surrounded by mourners in tightly wrapped woollen shawls and headscarves in black, white and brown.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
He was last seen wearing a quilted green-brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Also on the vest, under a slate-gray sky where many men brought together in mourning wore hoodies and woollen caps, lay two dandelions and some flower petals.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
On the day she disappeared, she left home to pick up her pay cheque from the woollen mill where she worked.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
In one corner stood a potbellied stove, hissing softly, surrounded by a semicircle of limp boots and draped with wet woollen socks, which steamed foully.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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