woollen
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Novice crocheters have transformed a village church with a cascade of woollen memorial poppies.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 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 a chilly December morning, a group of women wrapped in colourful saris, warm shawls and woollen caps huddled outside a three-storey building in a busy neighbourhood in Delhi.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
A 94-year-old dubbed the Queen of Knitting has gathered together her woollen landmarks for a final show in a bid to find new homes for the sprawling showstoppers.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
And the rod with the plastic hangers, my dresses hanging on them, the red woollen cape for cold weather, the shawl.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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