How to use linen in a sentence

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• In order for a suit to be kosher, it cannot contain both wool and linen together.From the entry kosher
• This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.From the entry swish
• If you want to take a shower, help yourself to towels; they're in the linen closet.From the entry help oneself
• Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.From the entry cool
• Put the ironing in the linen press.From the entry press
• And this is our linen trouser, sir.From the entry trouser
• He knew he was whipped when he turned down a football game so they could shop for linens.From the entry whipped
• Sheep and flax produce the natural fibers wool and linen.From the entry natural fiber
• A lot of dirty linen was exposed during the inquiry.From the entry dirty linen
• Hotels generate a lot of dirty linen.From the entry dirty linen
• The only outfit I could conjure up was a capacious linen shift and a saggy cotton-wool cardigan.2025 July 7, Annie Lowrey, “I Fought Plastic. Plastic Won.”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN. From the entry capacious
• Use a size 24 needle for most aidas, and a size 26 for evenweaves and linens.2021, Cross Stitcher, April 2021 edition, page 81. From the entry aida
• I turned to see a young woman standing in a flaxen linen suit.2019 November 24, Vicky Jayne, chapter 32, in Lucifer’s Darling, Henderson, Nev.: Typewriter Pub, →ISBN. From the entry purplette
• Follow agency policy, or open the bed by folding the top linens back.2013, Susan C. deWit, Patricia A. Williams, Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, page 318. From the entry open
• A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.2010, James Fleming, Cold Blood, page 160. From the entry spout
• The washstand had white linen towels and a berry blue pitcher and basin.2010, A LaFaye, Nissa's Place, page 132. From the entry berry blue
• I appreciated a batch of candy-colored men’s seersuckers and linens, a semiwild flight of a remote-controlled fancy.2009 February 12, Cintra Wilson, “An Uneasy Hug From Thom Browne”, in New York Times. From the entry seersuckers
• A scutching machine pulls out the linen fibers, which are then hackled or carded and combed.2007, Karla J. Nielson, Interior Textiles: Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry tow linen
• Hackling separates the long line linen fibers from the shorter tow linen fibers.2007, Karla J. Nielson, Interior Textiles: Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry tow linen
• Russia-towelling was ordered for bath towels, and diaper towelling (damask linen) for nightshirts.2005, Ian Kelly, Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 166. From the entry diaper
• He laid out a linen tablecloth and a few sandwichs from some bread, dressing, and beef.2002, Serena Carrington, Avalon, Writers Club Press, page 92. From the entry sandwichs
• Over his shoulders was a cloak of blue linen that the evening breeze filled like a sail.2001, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, chapter 27, in Iain Halliday, transl., Alexander: The Sands of Ammon […], London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 167. From the entry baldric
• Rafferty's with a blue platter, which she placed standing up against the shelfback in the linen closet.2001, Regina McBride, The Nature of Water and Air, page 62. From the entry shelfback
• She is taller than I am, wearing a sleeveless white shirt tucked into black linen pants.2000, Leah Steward, chapter 8, in Body of a Girl, Viking Press, page 118. From the entry bleached blond
• In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine.1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 54. From the entry gamine
• I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.1976, Ron Barnes, Coronation Cups and Jam Jars, page 164. From the entry bo-peep
• Linen shawls and spreads show up in secondhand clothing stores like those in the row on St.1975, Douglas Matthews, Suzanne Wymelenberg, Susan Cheever Cowley, Secondhand is Better, page 166. From the entry spread
• Her destination was Amoy, Fukien, where she was to take on a cargo of Yung-ch'un linen.1966, E-tu Zen Sun, John De Francis, Chinese Social History, New York: Octagon Books, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 353. From the entry Yung-ch'un
• In this work the great Italian anatomist described a linen sheath which he claimed to have invented.1965, Peter Fryer, The Birth Controllers, page 23. From the entry nut
• Canvas and duckcloths are the strongest form in which linen and cloth fabrics are available.1926, Allan Monkhouse, Electrical Insulating Materials, page 44. From the entry duckcloth
• All the linen cloths may be of diaper, and undercloths especially should be neither thin nor smooth.1907, Percy Dearmer, “Chapter II. The Holy Table and its Furniture”, in The Parson’s Handbook […], 6th edition, Henry Frowde; London…. From the entry undercloth
• My love of linen stems from two sources.2025 January 3, Sarah Brookes, The Age. From the entry manchester
• Always, the relentless bass of hip-hop blasting in rooms of nautical-themed furnishings, faded driftwood, gingham upholstery, linen and chambray.2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry gingham
• Dean wore his crushed silk vestock and starched linen collar, somewhat presumptuously with a large pectoral cross, made of nails.2017, George Pitcher, A Dark Nativity. From the entry vestock
• Slowly, she reached for the rough linen overcloth.2017, Sara Lewis Holmes, The Wolf Hour. From the entry overcloth
• I next went upstairs to the bedrooms, up a thickly-carpeted staircase, with the white linen overcloth still upon it.2013, Hugh Lamb ·, Tales from a Gas-Lit Graveyard. From the entry overcloth
• Time stands still in this quiet little spot, with its quaint old-fashioned decor, swathes of lace and brown table linen.2011 July 8, Time Out Guides Ltd, Time Out Barcelona 14th edition, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry time stands still
• She felt uncomfortable and ridiculous in her heavy straw hat and dark, tight-fitting linen dress with the padded shoulders.2008, Michael Cantwell, Chasing Mayan Dreams: Adventures in the Mexican Rain Forest, →ISBN. From the entry straw hat
• Luther; and an embroidered linen screen from Liz O’Brien.2007 July 20, Wendy Moonan, “Chinese Porcelain With a French Twist”, in New York Times. From the entry klismos

Meaning of linen

1. noun Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
2. noun Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
3. noun A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.

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Questions about linen in a sentence

How do you use linen in a sentence?

Linen is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.”

What is a short sentence with linen?

“And this is our linen trouser, sir.”

What does linen mean?

Linen means thread or cloth made from flax fiber.