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Example sentences for "woollen"

Lexicographically close words:
wooled; woolen; woolens; wooll; woolled; woollens; woollies; woolly; wools; woolsack
  1. She could gather nothing from his face; so she entered tremulously into a new subject of conversation, and, pointing to Claude's long legs, assured him that his heavy woollen stockings had been made entirely by Bidiane.

  2. She was picking out the threads of old cotton and woollen garments that had been cut into small pieces.

  3. She wore a grey woollen gown, and looked very young with her low lace collar and her bare neck.

  4. Mrs. Hanka was again in her grey woollen dress with low lace collar; her neck was bare.

  5. She wore a light woollen dress, and when he was with her his clothes got full of fuzz from her dress, but she never noticed it.

  6. We also found pieces of linen and of woollen cloth, and bunches of feathers which appeared like those of New Spain.

  7. Rabbit-skin robes have been replaced by woollen blankets, like those woven by the Navaho, who learned the art from the Pueblos.

  8. The kersey, or coarse woollen cloth out of which the habits of the Franciscan friars were made.

  9. The woollen trade, save for some very trifling home consumption, was practically dead; even the linen trade, which had been promised encouragement, had hitherto hardly received any.

  10. Wool was now a drug in the legitimate market, and woollen goods had practically no market.

  11. In 1699, the last year of the century, an Act was passed forbidding the export of Irish woollen goods, not to England alone, but to all other countries.

  12. Bounties had been offered, on the contrary, to English woollen manufacturers, and duties levied on Irish sail-cloth, which had effectually put a stop to that important branch of the trade.

  13. Early in the eighteenth century, Ripperda, in the hopes of stimulating Spanish industry, established a large woollen manufactory at Segovia, which had once been a busy and prosperous city.

  14. There was an increasing demand in Europe for Irish wool, and skilled manufacturers of woollen goods from abroad had come and started factories, thus giving employment to thousands of people.

  15. In 1699 an Act was passed prohibiting the export of Irish woollen goods, not alone to England, but to all other countries.

  16. I beg the dame Lysbeth to see that Elsa wears woollen when the weather turns damp or cold, since her chest is somewhat delicate.

  17. Then Foy drew on the coat over his woollen jersey, and it fitted him well, though not so well as in after years, when he had grown thicker.

  18. This coat opened in front, showing a broidered woollen skirt, but over the bust it was tightly buttoned and surmounted by a stiff ruff of Brussels lace.

  19. Nor did he ask for much covering, since so hardy was he by nature, that except in the very bitterest weather his woollen vest was enough for him.

  20. From beneath a coarse woollen cap a wisp of grizzled hair fell across the forehead, where it lay like the forelock of a horse.

  21. The linen manufacture introduced into the county in the 17th century by the duke of Ormonde to supersede the woollen manufacture gradually became extinct, and the woollen manufacture now carried on is also very small.

  22. Slate is quarried in the vicinity, and there were formerly woollen manufactures.

  23. The first mention of the cloth trade for which Kidderminster was formerly noted occurs in 1334, when it was enacted that no one should make woollen cloth in the borough without the bailiff's seal.

  24. Though possessing a good supply of water-power the county is almost destitute of manufactures; there are a few small cotton, woollen and paper mills, as well as breweries and distilleries, and several corn mills.

  25. Carpets and woollen goods are manufactured, and in the surrounding country tobacco and silk are produced.

  26. It was founded towards the end of the 18th century by the duke of Gordon, in the hope of its becoming a centre of woollen manufactures.

  27. The manufacture of woollen goods was however replaced by that of carpets, introduced in 1735.

  28. Kilmarnock rose into importance in the 17th century by its production of striped woollen "Kilmarnock cowls" and broad blue bonnets, and afterwards acquired a great name for its Brussels, Turkey and Scottish carpets.

  29. They import their brass ware and silk stuffs from China and Surat, and their cotton and woollen goods, cutlery, &c.

  30. The woollen stocking holds no more than it holds.

  31. Nothing, so far, has saved us but the woollen stocking of the peasants.

  32. His father had intended that his son should go into the silk and woollen business.

  33. He could not take the trouble to rummage in the linen-chest, and crept heavy-heartedly between the rough woollen blankets.

  34. She put on Nettie's head a warm hood of her own; then round her and over her she wrapped a thick woollen counterpane, that to be sure would have let no snow through if the distance to be travelled had been twice as far.

  35. A coat of wax will be left behind, which should afterwards be polished with a woollen cloth.

  36. Then polish with a soft woollen cloth, and powder blue.

  37. But warm vinegar and water, frequently applied with a woollen cloth, is most to be depended on in these cases.

  38. The mucilaginous liquor will clean all sorts of silk, cotton or woollen goods, without hurting or spoiling the colour.

  39. This, or shavings of the cedar, small slips of Russia leather, or bits of camphor, laid in boxes or drawers where furs or woollen clothes are kept, will effectually preserve them from the ravages of the moth and other insects.

  40. Dissolve a little common salt in some stale urine, dip a woollen cloth in the liquid, and rub the paintings over with it till they are quite clean.

  41. One of the most speedy remedies for their complete extirpation, is the smell of turpentine, whether it be by sprinkling it on woollen stuffs, or placing sheets of paper moistened with it between pieces of cloth.

  42. If stoves or fire irons have acquired any rust, pound some glass to fine powder; and having nailed some strong woollen cloth upon a board, lay upon it a thick coat of gum water, and sift the powdered glass upon it, and let it dry.

  43. Put pieces of woollen rags in every bush, the caterpillars will take refuge in them during the night, and in the morning quantities of them may thus be taken and destroyed.

  44. As it dries very quickly, it should be used as soon as made; and if two coats be laid on, it may afterwards be polished with a woollen cloth till it becomes as bright as varnish.

  45. And when they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments: neither shall any woollen come upon them, when they minister in the gates of the inner court and within.

  46. This is the law touching the leprosy of any woollen or linen garment, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skins: how it ought to be cleaned, or pronounced unclean.

  47. A woollen or linen garment that shall have the leprosy 13:48.

  48. Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of woollen and linen together.

  49. Close to his head is a woollen cap coming down over his ears.

  50. First, then, close to his skin are warm woollen garments, sometimes two or even three sets of them.

  51. To the east of these hills the dress of the common people is of coarse materials, as in our country of Ts'in, but here also there were among them the differences of fine woollen cloth and of serge or haircloth.

  52. Over his knees he had a checkered woollen plaid reaching to the floor, though it was warm in the room.

  53. His hat had rolled along the floor; he was wearing his great overcoat and one woollen glove; the other glove had lodged on his slanting knee.

  54. Over the woollen and shirting half were the drawing-room and the chief bedroom.

  55. Constance herself warmed his woollen gloves, and enveloped him in his largest overcoat.

  56. It must have stuck to his shoulders when he sprang up from the sofa, woollen antimacassars being notoriously parasitic things.

  57. When these are discontinued, care should be taken to protect the affected muscles from cold by keeping them enveloped in flannel or woollen coverings.

  58. Mrs. Neverby and Mrs. Sampelle discovered sauntering along near a prominent counter strewn with rich woollen dress-goods.

  59. Their gestures and the look they gave him terrified Galope-Chopine, who fancied he saw blood in the red woollen caps they wore.

  60. Some wore, over the red cap, a coarse felt hat, with a broad brim adorned by a sort of woollen chenille of many colors which was fastened round it.

  61. The Chouan replaced his red woollen cap upon his head, remained standing, and was scratching his ear as if puzzled when Francine suddenly appeared before him, apparently by magic.

  62. She wore a gown of some common woollen stuff.

  63. So the Boy lay down under his striped woollen cloak of blue and white and drifted toward sleep, glad that he was a son of Israel, but sorry when he thought of the thousands of little lambs and the altar floor splashed with red.

  64. Then they drew their woollen cloaks over their heads and rested on the ground in peace.

  65. They were laced high up above the ankles, and with a liberal supply of coarse-knitted woollen socks the people managed to trudge anywhere without discomfort even in very cold weather.

  66. A gaily coloured woollen carpet or rug, made in the colony, usually decked the floor.

  67. Knitted woollen gloves were also made at home, likewise mitts of sheepskin with the wool left inside.

  68. This, when dry, is stretched on the floor over coarse woollen frieze cloths; and the artists, walking over the linen with clean feet, proceed to design and colour historical figures and other subjects.

  69. And because the linen is laid quite flat on the woollen cloths, the water-colours do not flow and spread, but remain where they are placed, the moisture sinking through into the woollen cloths underneath, which absorb it.


  70. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "woollen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    woollen cloth; woollen goods