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Synonyms: Adjective
furry, fuzzy, hairy, rough, shaggy
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Examples of woolly in a Sentence
Adjective
the dog's woolly coat will require a lot of grooming still had a water bed and a woolly coverlet on top of itNoun
Get out your winter woollies.
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Red pandas are named for their thick, woolly layer of fur that has a rusty red color. — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, "’3 pounds of adorable’: Baby red panda at zoo’s Virginia facility is growing," 30 Aug. 2019 But there is also pointed writing not just about politics but about subways and orgasms and woolly underwear and air conditioning and retirement homes. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, "‘The Capital’ Is a Sharp Political Satire About Europe at This Perilous Moment," 10 June 2019 Inside the looming beast is just a child, his little hands and feet strapped into the woolly Wild Thing’s, making the character roar by speaking through a tiny cone. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "Discovering Maurice Sendak, the Opera Designer," 27 June 2019 Hiba’s possessions have almost all been given away, aside from a small pair of white shoes and a woolly headband, that Hiyam packed away and out of sight. — Washington Post, "Yazidi women raped as ISIS slaves face brutal homecoming choice: Give up their child or stay away," 30 July 2019 But more important than their woolly resolutions was the fact that the two sides were speaking at all. — The Economist, "The Taliban negotiates with Afghan officials for the first time," 11 July 2019 White men would darken their faces to create caricatures of black people, including large mouths, lips and eyes, woolly hair and coal-black skin. — Jesse J. Holland, The Seattle Times, "Explaining the outrage: Racist history of American blackface began in the 1830s," 6 Feb. 2019 What piglet wouldn’t want to curl up to a woolly mama? — Liz Langley, National Geographic, "Curly-haired pigs and other animals with natural waves," 3 Apr. 2019 The researchers estimated that about 40 people lived at the Yana River site where the teeth were found, belonging to a larger population of 500 that hunted bison, woolly mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses. — Emily Dixon, CNN, "Discoveries could be 'missing link' to understanding Native American ancestry," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'woolly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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