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Example sentences for: chenille
How can you use “chenille” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
But by the end of the century cotton had fallen victim to a devastating plague of chenille bugs and exhaustion of the weak soil.
Or luxuriate in the "Bohemian Baroque": "terracotta, gold, salmon, and maroon chenille tapestry that is reminiscent of an earlier century" (I wonder if she knows which one).
Some of this synthetic fiber is wrought into velvet and its cousins plush and chenille, materials known to be man-made even when made of silk.
' Chenille was so called from its comparison to a hairy caterpillar, from the fabric's hairy texture.