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
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
Wart draggled off to the tower room, where Merlyn was busy knitting himself a woollen night-cap for the winter.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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