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• Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205. From the entry musk ox
• The ice age was nearly two million years old by the time the woolly mammoth evolved.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 204. From the entry evolve
• Despite the heat, he wears a woolly hat and a waistcoat over his salwar kameez.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian. From the entry salwar kameez
• He gave off an aura not of romance or woolly artisanality but rather of canny commercial nous.2010, Matthew Fort, Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa, page 45. From the entry artisanality
• Don Manley calls these non-Ximenean clues “wild and woolly” and worries they're far too common.2009, Dean Olsher, From Square One: A Meditation, with Digressions, on Crosswords. From the entry Ximenean
• Another tree is being attacked by an alien insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid.2005, John H. Burde, George A. Feldhamer, Mammals of the National Parks, JHU Press, page 82. From the entry hemlock woolly adelgid
• In spring a Woolly Bear spins a cocoon made out of its woolly hair.2000, Jonathan P. Latimer, Karen Stray Nolting, Caterpillars, page 38. From the entry woolly bear
• In some parts of the Northeast, woolly adelgid and aphids are serious pests.1998, Stephen W. Kress, Bird Gardens, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, page 35. From the entry woolly adelgid
• The first, commonly applied is of a rather romantic woolly kind.1991, Martine Millon, Oliver Ortolanai, quoting Yoshi Oida, “Energy and the Ensemble: Actors' Perspectives”, in David Williams, editor…. From the entry improvision
• Nasty unpolished toe-crushing boots are equally acceptable, but don't let anyone see you wearing neat woolly knee-socks.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 62. From the entry knee sock
• Kellogg calls it the 'wooliest woolly bear,' and notes that 'hedgehog' is a popular name.1927, C. Fitzhugh Talman, “A caterpillar Weather prophet(?)”, in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, page 183. From the entry woolly bear
• Above, the woolly hippopotamus (Hippopotamus Major) of western Europe; below, the southern elephant (Elephas Meridionalis).1925, Lucretia Thatcher Perry Osborn, Chain of Life, page 163. From the entry woolly hippopotamus
• He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West.1911–1912, published 1916, Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale, book 2, chapter 10 (Gutenberg ebook, archive.org ebook). From the entry oof
• “Cotton” shukas were worn up until the mid‐90s when the manufacturers switched to a woolly textured synthetic—probably acrylic.2020, Donna Pido, quotee, edited by Jennifer Harris, A Companion to Textile Culture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry shuka
• Flat ground at the top of Allt Creag an Leth-choin carries prostrate vegetation dominated by woolly fringe moss with some crowberry.2012, Adam Watson, Human Impacts on the Northern Cairngorms, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry woolly fringe moss
• The Internet is a wild and woolly place.1996, Jeffry Dwight, Michael Erwin, “[Using MIME with CGI] Security Considerations with MIME”, in Using CGI (The Most Complete Reference)…. From the entry on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
• Some are more popular than others - woolly rasta hats are high on the list, as are little floppy khaki ones.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61. From the entry rasta hat
• Hair has different form, texture, weight and shape in cross section, like, straight, wavy, curly, kinkly and woolly or peppercorn.1980, Journal of Tamil Studies. From the entry kinkly
• High-status Qw’ó:ntl’an women are an example of those who trace their lineages from the woolly dog at a time when all beings were one family.2023 December 14, Audrey T. Lin, et al., “The History of Coast Salish ‘Woolly Dogs’ Revealed by Ancient Genomics and Indigenous…. From the entry Qw'ó:ntl'an
• All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205. From the entry musk ox
• Nobody wanted to join the 'Cardigan Squad' – so-called because Child Protection officers were seen as woolly, glorified social workers that mopped up after domestics.2010, Harry Keeble, Baby X: Britain’s Child Abusers Brought to Justice, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry domestic
• The roads are ungazetted, and are unofficial identifiers the council and locals started using when Litchfield was still a wild and woolly place.2009 February 10, By Alyssa Betts, “AAAA rating for silly street names in Howard Springs, Darwin”, in Herald Sun, archived from the…. From the entry ungazetted
• Sky News fell foul of its own woolly reporting on Tuesday, when it reported "human remains" had been found on Saddleworth Moor.2008, The Guardian, Media Monkey, 4 Aug 2008. From the entry fall foul
• The small woolly females of this maleless species give rise to more females that feed by inserting their tubular mouthparts into the bark.2004, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Connecticut wildlife: biodiversity, natural history, and conservation. From the entry maleless
• He was a proper dog; a great, woolly, lolloping beast with huge paddy paws, a waggy tail and a very licky tongue.2003, Michael Wordsmiff, James Baggit and the Storyteller's Ring, page 13. From the entry licky
• The woolly flotakis in the bedrooms, terracotta and ceramic tiles elsewhere; the few antiques Elise had skilfully harmonised with large and comfortable modern module pieces.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 24. From the entry flokati
• This animal lacks the long guard hairs and remains throughout its career a woolly, nondescript character without adequate protection from the cold of the winter.1967, Mammals of pennsylvania, page 188. From the entry bastard fox
• It was the thought of hot July and August days, when the clouds piled up like woolly mountains, and lightnings streaked the sky.1901, E. L. Morris, The Child's Eden, page 16. From the entry lightning
• “Eddie Stone junior is the other side of the coin, when it comes to violence he's a woolly woofter, you know bent like a nine-bob note”.2012, Linda Pye, Joseph Pye, The Steven Price Mysteries Part 3: The Murder in the Red Jacket, Xlibris, →ISBN. From the entry woolly woofter
• North America's once abundant Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) may soon become a relic and then a ghost, owing to the invasion of the woolly adelgid (Adelges tsuga annand).2006, Stephen M. Meyer, The End of the Wild, MIT Press, page 70. From the entry woolly adelgid
• YOUNG designer Holly Wharton became a walking advert for National Science Week today when she donned a woolly jumper made from the fleece of Dolly, the cloned sheep.1998 March 14, “Knit one, clone one, for woolly winner”, in The Independent. From the entry walking advert
• "great beasts that resembled huge brown haystacks" and had long, long teeth — tusks, no doubt — so it seems incontrovertible that mastodons and woolly mammoths are meant.1990, Neil Rolde, Maine: A Narrative History, page 9. From the entry pachydermic
• I remember only the ugly black stockings, woolly and very itchy, and the little red tam I had to wear and how much I hated it.1973, Maria Campbell, chapter 5, in Halfbreed,, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, page 44. From the entry itchy
• Anyone who has tried to extract the fruits of Burdocks (Arctium spp.) or Beggar-ticks (Bides spp.) from woolly garments will be aware of the effectiveness of such adhesion.1960, Nicholas Polunin, “Dispersal and Migration: Aids and Barriers”, in Introduction to Plant Geography and Some Related Sciences, New…. From the entry catch on

Meaning of woolly

1. adjective Made of wool.
2. adjective Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
3. adjective Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.

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How do you use woolly in a sentence?

Woolly is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.”

What is a short sentence with woolly?

“wild and woolly”

What does woolly mean?

Woolly means made of wool.