Example sentences for: cotton

How can you use “cotton” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Purely Cotton bathroom and facial tissues are made from "cotton linter"--what's left over when fibers and cottonseed oil have been harvested.

  • The dinghies and runabouts built here are hand-crafted; cotton is used to seal gaps between the wooden planks.

  • Traditional Greek clothing is little in evidence, but most of the islands have narrow lanes festooned with cool cotton or cheesecloth pants, tops, and dresses, all of which are ideal for the summer climate.

  • By 1840 New Orleans was the world’s largest cotton port, second only to New York as a general port, and the fourth biggest city in the United States, with a population of 100,000.

  • The dashing, rather coarse cotton Punjabi phulkari shawls are made from fabric with patterns in orange, pink, green, red, and yellow.


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