Fleece

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"Fleece" in a Sentence (15 examples)

Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.

Sheep are bred for their fleece and their meat.

Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow.

Sheep need to be kept dry for two days before shearing to enable the fleece to be removed and pressed once the sheep have been shorn.

And he separated the same day the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted; and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.

In the afternoon of the 17th of February of 2022, on my way to the cafe, I saw Sherie the Part-Cree by the crosswalk, as she was walking her brown pit bull. Her hair is tinted a kind of purple. We both think that purple is our favourite colour. At the cafe, I was drinking passion fruit iced tea. I saw two round-headed Himalayan-reminiscent monks in red robes with orange fleece jackets at a different table. Later, the handsome round-headed stubby man in dark clothing that I have seen several times before entered to get his coffee and speedily exited.

Our sheep's fleece is thick; no matter how much we shear it, it will grow back.

Farmers raising alpacas for their fleece are a growing segment of the U.S. agriculture industry.

I put on everything I brought: two pairs of long underwear (tops and bottoms), a fleece, two down jackets, a balaclava, a ski hat, two pairs of gloves, and a pair ski goggles.

Felix was trying to fleece Amelia out of money.

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The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; / The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, / Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, / Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.

Wool became the substitute for money. […] In all the middle periods of British history, the fleece was the expression and the measure of national prosperity or calamity.

Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin.

There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.

During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.

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