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How to use fuzz in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun, verb

Fuzz means a frizzy mass of hair or fibre. Example: “This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.”

Examples of fuzz by meaning

nounA frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

  • Once the eaglets are born—tiny balls of white fuzz—the adult eagles prove that birds can be as protective and solicitous of their young as humans.1962 July, Richard Petrow, “Last chance to save the Bald Eagle”, in Popular Science, volume 181, number 1, →ISSN, page 192

nounThe random data used in fuzz testing.

  • "Fuzz testing" or "fuzzing" is a technique for software testing that provides random data ("fuzz") to the inputs of a program.2008, Asoke Talukder, Manish Chaitanya, Architecting Secure Software Systems, Boca Raton: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 94

nounA distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.

  • This gives a good soft clipping effect and a good fuzz sound.1994, R.A. Penfold, Music Projects, Boston: New Tech, →ISBN, page 33

nounA state of befuddlement.

  • So I'm in a fuzz of not knowing what to do2016 February 10, Ally, “Signs of an Online Dating Scam”, in Christie Hartman Ph.D., archived from the original on 26 Oct 2016, Comments

verbTo make drunk.

  • Or maybe my mind was just fuzzed with the drink.2004, Quintin Jardine, Alarm Call, London: Headline, →ISBN

verbTo test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.

  • Sulley works by fuzzing the first fuzzable field to be fuzzed.2012, Charlie Miller, Dion Blazakis, Dino DaiZovi, iOS Hacker's Handbook, page 172

nounThe police, or any law enforcement agency.

  • Let's get the hell out of here before the fuzz turns up2009, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 0:26:17

More sentences with fuzz

  • This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.From the entry pill
  • Q: I want to dermaplane my face to get rid of peach fuzz.2024 October 1, Erica Sweeney, “Is It Safe to Dermaplane My Face?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry dermaplane
  • Next to her was a hammajang teddy bear, half the fuzz gone and missing one eye.2019, Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water, Makena Press, →ISBN. From the entry hammajang
  • You know how you get those little fuzz balls on new carpet?2008 August 12, Gary Hall Jr., “Live from Beijing”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN…. From the entry nail clippers
  • Some of my best friends have been entrapped and busted by the fuzz.1973, chapter II, in Deep Dick, page 21. From the entry tearoom
  • Fuzz grinned and nodded at the stage.2014 February 5, Charlie Flowers, Kill Order, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 176. From the entry blue
  • I watched the red lights of the taxi fuzz and blur and then vanish in the furtherness of night.2005, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram. From the entry furtherness
  • Mayer made over a dozen fuzz boxes for Hendrix, using several different designs customized to the sound Hendrix wanted.2000, Michael Hicks, Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions. From the entry fuzz box
  • I surreptiously scotchtape a piece of fuzz swiped from the office aspirin bottle to the seat of my pants.1985, Carol Morris, Ironing Scott's Zen Suit, page 67. From the entry scotchtape
  • With an instrument that looked like a normal-sized shaving razor this woman was rubbing the carpet to pull up the fuzz balls.2008 August 12, Gary Hall Jr., “Live from Beijing”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN…. From the entry nail clippers
  • His once-black hair had faded to the color of used steel wool and now covered his bony skull in a peculiar oleaginous fuzz.2000, Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde, page 677. From the entry oleaginous
  • That's just for those who can't get a girl, namsayin'?” He stroked the fuzz on his chin and winked at Olivia, who giggled at his antics.2012, Jaime Reed, Fading Amber, page 131. From the entry namsayin'
  • I moved my left hand to the small of her back, just above her belt-line and stroked the peach fuzz in her crevasse with my fingers.2010, Scott R. Riley, A Lost Hero Found, page 111. From the entry crevasse
  • Incidentally, when the solid cedar lining is removed from its package, a white fuzz or frostlike substance may be visible on the surface of the wood.1975, Robert Scharff, The complete book of home remodeling. From the entry frostlike
  • If she was slightly more attractive, I believe that the peach fuzz on the bottom of my nut sack would have tingled just slightly then, watching her cry like that.2006, Keith Malinsky, Burying Ronald: A Confession by Mortimer J. Pentowski, page 37. From the entry peach fuzz

Meaning of fuzz

  1. noun A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
  2. noun Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
  3. noun The random data used in fuzz testing.

Full definition of fuzz

Questions about fuzz in a sentence

How do you use fuzz in a sentence?
Fuzz is used as a noun and verb. For example: “This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.”
What is a short sentence with fuzz?
“Fuzz grinned and nodded at the stage.”
What does fuzz mean?
Fuzz means a frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fuzz (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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