How to Use woolly in a Sentence

woolly

adjective

• There's an ace-high spot in the wild and woolly Western town of Cheyenne, Wyo.
  — Gunnar Johnson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 July 2017
• The plush, woolly leaves of Berggarten sage are a cook’s dream and add a unique softness to the landscape.
  — Carol Crotta, latimes.com, 29 July 2017
• Up ahead, off to their left, a small woolly flock had gathered.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2021
• The fish might still bite the woolly buggers and yuk bugs in a fly-fishing kit from Bancroft.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2022
• As time ran out for the woolly rhino, strange things happened.
  — Susan Milius, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
• Join me next week as readers share their wild and woolly rug tales, yarns of woe, wonder and love.
  — Nola.com | The Times-Picayune, NOLA.com, 8 May 2017
• The first challenge was heat — which impaired the woolly llamas during the Smoky leg.
  — Cindy Chojnacky, idahostatesman, 30 Oct. 2017
• Fly anglers scored a few trout on mayflies and woolly buggers.
  — sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
• The large woolly leaves of the mullein were on the ground while its stem was in the air, its tall spikes spattered and speckled with bright yellow flowers.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• Some believe the 13 segments or bands of the woolly worm represent the 13 weeks of winter.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2017
• Some believe the 13 segments or bands of the woolly worm, represent the 13 weeks of winter.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2021
• Her lifelong dream is to tour Lapland in a sleigh drawn by woolly dogs.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
• Red pandas are named for their thick, woolly layer of fur that has a rusty red color.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2019
• So the arrival of humans no longer coincides with the demise of woolly rhinos, the researchers said.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Aug. 2020
• And last but not least, a true reader favorite: The size of the orange band on the woolly bear (or woolly worm) caterpillar.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2019
• The woolly dogs, which resembled current-day Samoyeds, were not pets.
  — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
• There’s an instinct to search his face for signs of his father, recognizable in Russert’s hazel eyes and the woolly curve of his brow.
  — Kara Voght, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• Last fall, Boggs collected a random group of woolly bears from a plant-rich area of Ohio.
  — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
• The Central American woolly opossum and the kinkajou, too, were a bit blasé.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022
• There are, as of this writing, no woolly mammoths yet trampling the permafrost.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2017
• Your wild and woolly rug merchant yarns have been stuffing my inbox.
  — NOLA.com, 15 May 2017
• Amid that footage of the Beatles, dressed in woolly winter getups, playing with pace and precision, all the bad stuff seemed to melt away.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• Shor wears oval glasses, his belly is rotund, his hair is woolly and white, and his beard is unkempt.
  — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• But even by his woolly standards, this 1984 power ballad is out there.
  — Jody Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2020
• In the living room, Dedivanovic’s father, Tom, a tall, gruff man with a woolly mustache, sat on the couch watching Fox News.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
• Behind the woolly, wet dog, a wooden Cuban migrant boat was anchored.
  — David Goodhue, Pedro Portal, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Jan. 2023
• The iconic, fortress of an animal most of us know as the woolly rhino today roamed across Europe and Asia throughout the Ice Ages.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• Texas is known for wild, unpredictable and woolly weather, but this is something else again.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
• Your wild and woolly rug-merchant yarns have been stuffing my inbox like a king-size pillow in a standard case.
  — Marni Jameson, The Denver Post, 18 May 2017
• Textures of Spring Fashion: From woolly tweeds to smooth silk, tactile fabrics make for a highly sensational season.
  — Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024