How to Use weft in a Sentence

weft

noun
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  • The threads that go up and down on the loom are called the warp, and those that go from left to right are called the weft.
    — ExpressNews.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The warp and weft of the fabric's tight weave give it a two-tone effect.
    — Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • Cut too-long hems with scissors, then pull out some of the weft yarns (the white fringe) for effect.
    — Lauren Chan, Glamour, 20 July 2017
  • The even-weave fabric has the same distance between the warp and weft (over and under) threads.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The best way to think about truth is not in the abstract but in media res, as it is found in the warp and weft of human life.
    — Julian Baggini, WSJ, 24 July 2018
  • Estes deftly marries the warp of sharp outlines to the weft of the wobbly mirage.
    — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Even my in-denial parents could only pretend not to smell the smoke that clung to the weft of my sweater.
    — Nicole Walker, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Best to remain narcotized and between the Zen warp and weft of high thread-count sheets.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 2 July 2018
  • The women were dressed: bare midriffs, stiletto pumps, long wefts of hair, thick black lashes.
    — Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But, far more pervasively, the races, large and small, form the weft that ties my life together through the years.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Paintings and silk-screen prints from the ’60s and ’70s pick up the superform and the warp and weft patterns of Mr. Bayrle’s weaving years.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • Lombardo has such a fine eye for the weft and warp of a family’s fabric.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
  • The systematic warp and weft of the loom, after all, was the template for the first computer.
    — Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Thread count is determined by the number of threads lengthwise (called the warp) and widthwise (the weft) in a one-inch square of fabric.
    — Kelley Carter, ELLE Decor, 10 June 2020
  • Thread count is determined by the number of threads lengthwise (called the warp) and widthwise (called the weft) in a 1-inch square of fabric.
    — Hannah Morrill, ELLE Decor, 15 Nov. 2018
  • They were dappled, like the hues in nature, thanks to the unique weave of the textured and irregular fabric weft.
    — Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Melanj Hair's clip-in and weft hair extensions range from tightly coiled to silk-press straightened.
    — Sierra Leone Starks, Allure, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Revealed in this warp and weft is the overlap in the behavioral patterns of humans and wolves, as well as the limits of language.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The weft method of installation involves using microbeads to attach tracks of hair to the client's head.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Tape-ins can be damaging to your hair and the breakage will be far worse if the wefts are not installed by a professional.
    — Tayler Adigun, Allure, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The two points of view make the book a kind of loom worked between Kellen and Nettle, a warp and weft intersecting to bring a richer image into view.
    — Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And a friend, a young businessman, recounted how a powerful jana could be heard beating the weft of her loom in a nearby cave.
    — Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
  • The online site offers bundles, meaning the hair is on a weft that can either be used for a sew-in weave or a wig, in addition to lace closures and frontals.
    — Lara Adekola, Allure, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Days correspond to individual rows in the weavings, and deaths appear as dropouts in the weft.
    — Wired, 22 July 2022
  • The warp and weft create a reassuring rhythm, shapes and symbols and bands of color serve as signposts, but the path is windy and uncertain.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Moving through headlines at three miles an hour reveals this intimate warp and weft.
    — Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • In a sheet, threads are woven into vertical strands referred to as the warp weave and horizontal strands referred to as the weft weave.
    — Carsen Joenk, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Entanglement, then, may undergird the structure of space itself, forming the warp and weft that give rise to the geometry of the world.
    — Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
  • But Bourdain’s brashness came with an immense humility that really made up the warp and weft of his TV shows.
    — Kanishk Tharoor, The Atlantic, 10 June 2018
  • Picks like the Luxy Hair extensions have a higher amount of wefts (10 total) for our friends with denser hair, whereas options like the Hidden Crown clip-ins (with three wefts) are best for those with thinner hair.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023

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