wooly
Americanadjective
PLURAL
wooliesOther Word Forms
- wooliness noun
Example Sentences
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Tennessee sold far more bats than any other state, among other things accounting for 45% of the painted wooly bat listings.
From Salon
So you better have your wooly underwear on when you’re there.″
From Seattle Times
Even though the ’70s were a wild and wooly time, and folks didn't always look so wonderfully in the silver backcast of four or five decades.
From Salon
The park is named after Ice Age fossils, including the wooly mammoth.
From Washington Times
Visitors from across the world cheered from behind wire fencing as whooping horseback riders chased the thundering, wooly giants across hills and grasslands in Custer State Park.
From Seattle Times
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