woollen
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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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
"But I always came back to sleep here even in the cold weather with a bobble hat on and sweater and a woollen blanket."
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
Blond-haired, blue-eyed Adam wears a red anorak and a woollen hat, with a Mickey Mouse sticker on the front.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025
“I always had colds all winter long. My mother made me wear woollen stockings.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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