How to Use velveteen in a Sentence

velveteen

noun

• A little velveteen number could bring a tear to the parental eye even on the 100th reading.
  — Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 2 June 2017
• Wrapping bonus: Each one comes with a velveteen sheath and a fabric dust bag.
  — Stephanie Allmon Merry courtney Ortega, star-telegram.com, 8 May 2017
• Would more Powers be a good thing, Devan, or has that velveteen ship sailed?
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 July 2022
• Below us, as the haze dissipates, the island gleams green, a swath of velveteen shaped, to my mind, like nothing more symbolic than the webbed foot of a goose.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
• The big plates came through with a perfectly roasted chicken in garlic sauce ($24) and a massive plate of roasted suckling pig with crispy skin and velveteen meat, enough for two at $58.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• More will follow in her stead, surely, in frocks and velveteen coats, leaving Marc Jacobs’s stores with the pockets stuffed with stickers and key rings and fabulous little things.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 30 May 2019
• Made of silk and adorned with glass grapes and violets and roses in velveteen and paper, the extravagant hat is quite heavy, something only a woman with nerve would wear.
  — Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023
• Tweeds, tartan plaids, velveteen, wool jersey, corduroy, fake furs are the important fabric news.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2019
• The audience — Arab couples, Western tourists, as many women as men — watched from red velveteen booths, utterly entranced.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 8 July 2018
• The actual bed is skillfully made from high-quality cotton fleece and velveteen, sporting a soft and thick fabric that makes for a pleasant and warm sleeping space for your cherished pet.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023
• No one east of a Times Square three-card-monte dealer ever showed better hands than the velveteen mittens Tiafoe displayed in the win over Rublev, often taking balls early and clipping points with delicate drop shots.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• Clemens’s work often pays subtle homage to street retail, with its gold chains pinned in lines on red velveteen cushions and sundresses on headless Styrofoam mannequins.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
• This Christmas, bundle up under this super comfy, velveteen blanket that’s going to keep you warm and cozy, get your home in the holiday spirit, and serves as functional decor.
  — Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
• As velveteen-sounding woodwinds respire amid hard beats, Björk examines her place in a lineage of nurturers, peacemakers, and problem solvers.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2022
• This worries the rabbit, who has let himself be convinced that his sawdust filling is cheap and unfashionable and doesn’t even know that his velveteen is, in fact, imitation velvet.
  — Vulture, 8 Nov. 2022
• The reliefs, which often included cavities lined with dark velveteen, attracted fascination and speculation.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024