wooly
Americanadjective
plural
wooliesOther Word Forms
- wooliness noun
Example Sentences
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Prehistoric wolf pup’s last meal sheds light on wooly rhino.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
Neanderthals were expert hunters, bringing down large game such as wild horses, wooly rhinoceros, cave lions, and even mammoths using sharpened stone spears affixed to wooden shafts with adhesives like birch tar.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2024
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 • Nov. 24, 2023
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 • Sep. 29, 2023
He reached down and felt around until he touched something wooly, then pulled on it.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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