How To Use Fleece In A Sentence

Two executives of a notorious stockbroking firm that fleeced more than 8,000 savers were banned from the City yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
Patagonia has turned organic cotton and fleece made of recycled plastic into high-end outdoor wear.
Argo to seek the Golden Fleece; their moniker combines the name of their ship and the Greek word "nautēs," meaning "sailor. Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
In spite of this, most credit card issuers still fleece their cardholders with sky-high rates.
Savers looking to cash in on higher Isa allowances which come into effect today are being warned to read the small print to avoid being "fleeced" by banks and building societies. Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news

Canada Goose Inc. Canada Goose's Kensington parka in steel color, insulated with 625-fill-power white duck down and featuring a two-way adjustable, fleece-lined down hood with a removable coyote-fur ruff. Coolhunter
Eventually, faster-maturing, fine-fleeced Merinos replaced them, and the breed became nearly extinct, both here and abroad.
Have some horticultural fleece or old net curtain handy to drop over plants before frosty nights. The Sun
I do all my coats every so often and its amazing what a difference it makes, I always use the re-proofer after washing them especially on my fleeces and other ‘non’ waterproof things and it does help with showerproofing them.
The sudden compression of air as the rammer thrust with the fleece could explode the residues of unburnt powder that was caked to the breech walls, so a gunner, wearing a leather thumbstall, pressed his thumb over the vent to stop the airflow. Sharpe's Waterloo
The pool dates back to the 19th century and was used by farmers to clean the fleeces of sheep before they went off to market.
If it's not a heatwave outside, a cardy and/or fleece, and maybe a brolly, are probably a good idea for the homeward journey.
Adapting this technique to fleece involves taking advantage of the fabric's loft and nap to simplify the process.
It was misty, close, everything intimate, the telegraph wires against thick creamy clouds like matted fleeces, the birds huddling. LOST CHILDREN
This leads the Stoics to a very anthropocentric view of the world, in which grain, olives and vines are for us to consume, sheep for clothing us with their fleeces, oxen for pulling our ploughs and so forth.
These sheep have fine thick fleeces.
A large sheet of horticultural fleece, ready for a cold is always handy to wrap around tender plants. The Sun
Sheep probably had more variety in the colour of their fleeces and nearly all would have had horns.
Among the most popular items include a gray fleeced duffle coat with hood at $14.
Needs winter protection with horticultural fleece. Times, Sunday Times
For added insurance, you can put the compost on top of a blanket of horticultural fleece. Times, Sunday Times
A buff is made from a non-woven fabric where the fibers are first carded and formed into a fairly thick fleece.
A disgraced former building society finance director, who fleeced the company of more than £100,000 to cover up a string of thefts from a charity where he was treasurer, is facing Christmas behind bars.
As the rays of this month's Sun turn your fleece gold, you'll be energetic little chili peppers: sizzlingly physical, wickedly witty and hot as a hangi - positively smoking!
Loads of Evesham stuff, including 5 fleeces, 10 ‘nearly high quality’ t-shirts, 5 copies of Go Back for Windows 98 (ay caramba!)
‘It will be their summer in August, but we've been told to take fleeces as well as swimming costumes, and all in a small rucksack,’ she said.
Running tights or leggings have the same effect on your legs as a fleece and, since most of your body heat escapes through your head, a hat is a must.
In the chilly evenings, ridiculously seated on striped, collapsible beach chairs that blew over the second we got up, we cooked and ate outside wrapped in warm fleeces and woolly hats.
You are fleeced by these landlords for their private benefit, and as well kept under by the public burdens of State, wherein while the richer sort favour themselves, ye are gnawn to the very bones. The Rise of the Democracy
And he hath gathered in her the mightiest heroes of all Achaea, and hath come to thy city from wandering far through cities and gulfs of the dread ocean, in the hope that thou wilt grant him the fleece. The Argonautica
Is it right to wear a fleece? Times, Sunday Times
She huddled inside the warm, fleece-lined jacket he had given her. THE LAST RAVEN
Hats made of fleece and gloves or mittens lined with fleece are excellent choices for warmth and breathability.
Now he was wearing a fleece and chinos. Times, Sunday Times
Fleece picks up lint easily and a fleece garment washed with wool socks or terry towels will never look the same again.
My pair of sleek, stylish and always sexy Lycra bike shorts that I was sporting only weeks ago have been traded in for sweatpants and a fleece.
Giasone" (1649) is a comic farrago on the Jason-Medea-Golden Fleece tale, with Jason as a serial debaucher, Medea switching from jealous harpy to generous relinquisher of said Jason to her rival Isifile (both women have given birth to twins sired by Jason), and a bevy of clownish servants. On a Tattered Shoestring
All subsequently cut fleeces are known as wether wool and possess relatively somewhat less value than the first clip. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
Blue skies speckled with tiny fleeces of cloud made it a glorious afternoon in Knock.
Images of farmers burning the fleeces of Herdwick sheep appear to be a thing of the past thanks to the burgeoning business in carpets made from the famous breed's wool.
I wear a bright orange fleece sweatshirt, some nylon running pants and wool socks.
Contrarian Michele Bachmann worries BP will get 'fleeced' - MinnPost. com HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
The polyester fleece will be reinvented so it is no longer viewed as the triumph of comfort over style. Times, Sunday Times
The heavy fleece shorn from these lambs is of exceptional quality and very, very soft.
You own a policy that rarely pays out and exists primarily to give banks and insurers an excuse to fleece you. Times, Sunday Times
Over his shoulders, clasped at the neck with a large gold-and-precious-stone buckle of the same mysterious form as the hieroglyphic crest at the head of the Programs, he wore a wonderful burnouse of white and gold fleece, the gold predominating over the white, and flashing fiercely, gorgeously in the sun. The Mark of the Beast
Take a drive out to the over built, over expensed, mostly empty "taj" on 951 for an up close view of what a fleeced tax payer looks like. Naples Daily News Stories
Keep some horticultural fleece handy to cover the plant on cold nights. The Sun
Both pieces portray the wealthy as guilty, eager to please, easily fleeced babies swaddled by all that money.
Horticultural fleece is an absolute godsend through conditions like these. The Sun
Gather together dried apricot pits, we'll fleece the dying by calling it Laetrile: a cancer cure.
The best of six tested, its soft fleece rolls up and clips into an easily portable roll with a built-in handle. Times, Sunday Times
The clothing department specialises in weatherproof jackets and fleeces and there is a large choice of sweatshirts and accessories.
Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
He got a truck, and he ended up borrowing a white-fleeced Levi jacket from a guy in a bar who told him he didn't look nearly redneck enough in his jeans and shirt.
The polyester fleece will be reinvented so it is no longer viewed as the triumph of comfort over style. Times, Sunday Times
We prefer the thicker, white-fleeced lambs that have practical value outside of the show ring but the style to catch the judge’s eye in the ring.
She talks to local farmers about fleeces, the mills about yarns, the CSIRO about new techniques, and local knitters about stitches.
Take a lace t-shirt with leather trim or the double-faced cashmere fleece sweatshirt embellished with lace. Resort Wear from Calvin Klein, Jason Wu and Marc by Marc Jacobs
Give them a wrap in horticultural fleece. The Sun
Seersucker Tie, $125, Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers, New York, 212- 929-2763 These days, "summer neckwear" might as well be a wry term for a farmer's tan. The Ties That Shine
It was misty, close, everything intimate, the telegraph wires against thick creamy clouds like matted fleeces, the birds huddling. LOST CHILDREN
In an angry outburst against institutions that fleece their students, he argues against allotting different dates to pay fees for different classes.
The range includes silver Puffa jackets, plastic buckle wrap-around skirts, luminous vest tops and fleece trousers.
Keep cabbages, Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers covered with horticultural fleece or a fine netting to prevent cabbage white butterflies from laying eggs.
Little Diana's fleeceless labia blazed in my soul. Up The Line
From here on out, I'll be performing in fleece sweatpants, Crocs, and Chapstick. Dita von Teese: I'm Swapping My Look For Sweat Pants & Spray Tan
A soft fleece exterior features St Nick holding a present and there is loads of room inside. The Sun
In January and February 1953 Hough's battalion endured a winter that made a mockery of their long johns, fleece-lined trousers, parkas, gloves and mittens. British veterans of Korean war: 'It was like stepping into medieval times'
On top of all that, ministers will not want to fleece the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times
Through the early hours of the day the mottled, pearly clouds keep their shape, with delicious open spaces of tempered blue between; by and by the sky's tender fleece is half shadowed, toward noon it melts into loose mists. An Island Garden
Have some horticultural fleece or old net curtain handy to drop over plants before frosty nights. The Sun
A large sheet of horticultural fleece, ready for a cold is always handy to wrap around tender plants. The Sun
Think of this weight of fleece as sweater type fabric, just right for feeling cuddly warm.
I hardly noticed the chill in the air through my jacket and layers of fleece as a light rain began to fall, and the liquid movement of my paddle made me feel completely at one with the water.
I went equipped not only with two pairs of gloves, two jumpers, two pairs of trousers, thermals, fleece, woolly hat and ski jacket, but my iPod and the thickest book I could find.
During very cold periods cover them up with some horticultural fleece. Times, Sunday Times
Yesterday I planted out two troughs of leaf beet seedlings, which I've covered in fleece and put somewhere where they will get some shade this afternoon since it's set to be another scorcher.
At the kitchen door, she pulled on a long hooded coat and tucked her trousers into fleece-lined boots.
Eight days. And there they were, begging to be fleeced, and there I was with an ankle like a full wineskin and my merchandise days away. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
All the clothing vendors rapidly sold out of sweatshirts, fleece pullovers and other warm gear.
I was confused by their fleeces turning a light brown colour until I realised they spend most of their time sitting by the gate on the soil rather than on the grass like the other sheep.
Zip pants, wide leg drawstrings, and comfy fleece trousers with matching zip jackets are staple items.
If the weather gets very cold, cover the stems with horticultural fleece. The Sun
Respondent United States Senator publicizes examples of wasteful governmental spending by awarding his "Golden Fleece of the Month Award.
All the clothing vendors rapidly sold out of sweatshirts, fleece pullovers and other warm gear.
However I'm currently cleansing my palette by finishing off my festival photography show (all will be revealed eventually) and by making a set of classic, plain pots and bowls in undyed British fleeces and yarns - Black Welsh, Blue Faced Leicester, North Ronaldsay and Jacob sheep, possibly some Wensleydale too. Imaginary Invertebrates Galore!
If frost is predicted, fling some fleece over fruit trees and more tender shrubs.
You will end up wearing jeans, a hideous fleece and skanky trainers every day.
I'm now the proud owner of a Heligan fleece, a little trug and some seeds.
Non-absorbent fleece is great in areas where you are prone to sweat, but combine it with a wind-proof layer. Stay Warm on Your Stand
The best of six tested, its soft fleece rolls up and clips into an easily portable roll with a built-in handle. Times, Sunday Times
There is still a wrong and right side to double-sided fleece.
Put pots in greenhouse and cover them with fleece when a frost is forecast. The Sun
I laid out layers of colour and added various fancy yarns, metallic threads, throwsters silk, silk tops, and even some alpaca fleece given to me by a friend with her own herd of alpacas.
Half the charm of silver in nature is due to its remoteness; no ore of man's refining can attain the sparkle of a raindrop; we cannot distil the radiance from a white narcissus, nor rob the stars of their silver fleeces. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
Israelites might have brought from Egypt more clothes than they wore at their outset; they might also have obtained supplies of various articles of food and raiment in barter with the neighboring tribes for the fleeces and skins of their sheep and goats; and in furnishing them with such opportunities the care of Providence appeared. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Basildon police and immigration officers are hunting a Nigerian conman who has fleeced several banks and may be creating false passports for other criminals.
Products range from cotton jackets with jersey linings to sweaters and fleeces; colours range from neutrals to moss green and tones of brown.
But I decided to place my trust in the hands of the Fleece's cellarman and ordered a pint of Theakston's XB.
These sheep have fine thick fleeces.
This type of spam - which fleeces people by tricking them into calling a premium-rate number - is no longer a relatively small-scale concern, claimed the watchdog.
Before the hard times, she had simply sold her fleeces to the British Wool Board.
Crew's tradition-abiding MacAlister boot ($135), H&M's imitation-suede desert boot ($50), Rockport's dressy Tetlin Lane ($100) and Topman's multiple takes (from $75) including a fleece-lined, beige ankle-hugger. Get Your Kicks
He disposed of the knife and the fleece jacket that he had worn. Times, Sunday Times
The two pieces, fleece and shell jacket, work well in combination with each other and are just as functional when worn as separates.
Sedbergh-based Farfield Mill is hoping those with an eye for plush interiors will warm to its new designer rugs and runners woven from the shaggy fleeces of Kendal Rough Fell sheep.
My tasks have been to collect and clean-up the crutchings, keep the shearer's board clean, sweep the floors, and pack away the belly fleeces.
The trust was offering 50p a fleece, about 10p less than the cost of shearing the sheep, but a lot better than nothing.
The guides who aided and fleeced the pioneers who moved West were struck by how clueless many of them were about the wilderness they were entering.
A local farmer won the cup for the best fleeced Dalesbred.
Bradford MP Gerry Sutcliffe has launched a campaign to fight crooks and scamsters who are taking advantage of the latest technology to fleece innocent people.
The Proms is definitely Dress Down, and I was in a fleece, combat-style jeans and trainers, and I got a few disdaining looks for those dressed for a cultivated Friday night out.
My eyebrows were soon covered in hoarfrost, and my fleece was turned to verglas. 2008 December 18 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
All I can say is, thank God for cotton casuals, fleece sweatshirts and elastic-waist stirrup pants!
Keep some horticultural fleece handy to cover the plant on cold nights. The Sun
But the Russian legend, who told Reuters she was "fleeced" by judges in the all-around, fell in her bid for a record third Olympic title. USATODAY.com - Hatch gives Americans first vault medal in 20 years
The council often seems to think that New Yorkers are unsophisticated rubes, continually fleeced by crafty and unethical businesses.
He disposed of the knife and the fleece jacket that he had worn. Times, Sunday Times
The wireless internet is free and the passengers are often clad in fleece and raincoats. Archive 2006-04-01
We may not shear the light-fleeced llamas as often, and some of them just shed out their winter coats.
Turn to page 31 to find out how you could win a fantastic Phoenix tent, waterproof jacket, or fleece jacket.
How important a role does polar or micro fleece play in your outerwear line?
The hair was off-white and untidy, calling to mind the fleece of a bedraggled sheep. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
A rapid method for estimation of suint is now available, which should be useful in the identification of sheep resistant to fleece rot.
The drawcords on the fleece and the Merlin sleeping bag pull in freely and close tightly if required.
Nothing ever looked so sad as a sheep with a sodden fleece.
But sooner or later the wolves will be hungrily roaming the forest and if they step into the forest of reality on their way to their version of the New World Order both are going to get more than fleeced. Matthew Yglesias » Why Two Parties?
During very cold periods cover them up with some horticultural fleece. Times, Sunday Times
Keep some horticultural fleece handy to cover the plant on cold nights. The Sun
The Crown Prosecution Service is seeking to seize up to ￡40m that he fleeced from 16,000 people.
For added comfort, a light blocking fleece eyeshade and a free pair of earplugs create the ultimate sleeping environment for adults.
The company was uninterested in advancing wireless technology -- it was in business to fleece the public with empty promises of future profits. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
On top of all that, ministers will not want to fleece the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times
A Yorkshire smallholder kept the wolf from the door after her business was wiped out by foot and mouth by selling the fleeces of rare breed sheep over the Internet.
Fabrics and colours are luxuriously decadent: red felt, magenta georgette, misty grey mohair, powdery blue sheepskin and sequinned fleece knits.
McCain vowed to keep the estate tax low, referring to it as "one of the most unfair tax laws on the books." well, when you fleece the American public as a CEO of a company that reneges on pensions, healthcare, wages, safety (the list is long) and yet you make 100M, 200M per year ... of course you wouldn't want that to get taxed before your children get it ... McCain: 'I will veto every single beer'
One method which helps feed fleece through the machine is to pin the seams alternately: stagger the pins on both sides of the seam to be sewn.
I wonder if that Golden Fleece hopsack blazer (that you saw) is identical to the hopsack blazers I saw a few years ago at the flagship, which I suspect is identical to the hopsacks I saw recently at a Brooks outlet store.
The horse is still a primary method of transport in Uruguay, and we spent a very long time astride ours, so were very thankful for the 15 sheep fleeces that make up the saddle.
Doorstep callers are being banned from parts of the region in an attempt to stop elderly and vulnerable people being fleeced of their cash.
Lambsdown is a heavy knit fabric that has a spongy fleeced nap on one side.
Covering it with horticultural fleece or polythene helps raise the temperature and allow earlier sowing. The Sun
Fabrics and colours are luxuriously decadent: red felt, magenta georgette, misty grey mohair, powdery blue sheepskin and sequinned fleece knits.
Hats made of fleece and gloves or mittens lined with fleece are excellent choices for warmth and breathability.
You'll bake in that fleece jacket!
I was particularly taken with a piece that was made to represent the "Golden Fleece" and with other pieces of jewelry which testify to the high artisanship of these ancient people.
The company was uninterested in advancing wireless technology -- it was in business to fleece the public with empty promises of future profits. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
Now we discover he fleeced the taxpayer for the bill. Times, Sunday Times
The fleece or slubbing thus is wound around the filaments while the latter are twisted with the fleece between them, about a common axis.
Horticultural fleece is an absolute godsend through conditions like these. The Sun
At the moment, there is so much exploitation by so-called landlords and dishonest estate agents out to fleece people desperate for rented shelter.
I recline in my leather office chair, warm and snuggly in my fleece, and ponder whether to make myself a green tea.
On a Saturday morning, when most people are slopping about in a fleece, she was wearing a smart suit.
Outdoors a knit or fleece cap, sweater, and blankets or a snowsuit are needed over their indoor clothes.
You can make stuffed toys and animals and dolls from recycled materials, such as felted wool or the fleece that is made from plastic bottles; from natural materials, such as hemp or organic ... Felt Your Sweater!: A Felted Wool Tutorial
From now on, your favorite woolen garments, fleeced cotton garments, labeled with "hand-wash only" are now washable by machine.
The head is adorned with a papakha, a fur cap of sheep or goatskin with the fleece side out, which hangs down over the forehead.
Classed as a primitive breed, they bear little resemblance to more common types of sheep with thick white fleeces.
I've resorted to thermal underwear, several layers of jerseys, winter stockings and a polar fleece jacket.
Covering it with horticultural fleece or polythene helps raise the temperature and allow earlier sowing. The Sun
Horticultural fleece is an absolute godsend through conditions like these. The Sun
That's only just enough time to round up the gear and the children, find fleeces and macs and wellingtons, and get everyone into the car.
But when the visitors get to Pattaya, they are fleeced when extra charges are tacked on when they arrive.
Its new girls' wear range for spring features lots of floral prints on dresses and capris as well as bold stripes on sweaters and fleece pullovers.
A large sheet of horticultural fleece, ready for a cold is always handy to wrap around tender plants. The Sun
Now we discover he fleeced the taxpayer for the bill. Times, Sunday Times
White can be warm if you introduce it through textures: the leather of the seating, the wool and fleece and hide of rugs and throws. Times, Sunday Times
Is it right to wear a fleece? Times, Sunday Times
At the top of the shore lichens or crotal grow on the rocks, and various species were boiled up with whole fleeces, water and the mordant human urine to give some of the unique hues associated with Harris Tweed.
But nothing's worse than driving into an auto repair shop, sight unseen, and being fleeced.
I suggest using cotton flannel, fleece, or another thick fabric.
It looks like things went fairly well for you, but it says here you only brought in three fleeces and no lambs at the spring reckoning.
Among the items I chose was a navy blue cotton jacket lined in cream, with colorful buttons; a sweater knit with green and red in a strawberry design; and a purple fleece snowsuit with yellow stars and wavy piping.
The sweet milk and unmarked hides of our cattle, and the fine fleeces of our sheep, were highly valued by traders from lands far away.
He is described as white and was wearing a burgundy jacket or fleece, with white trainers and a baseball cap.
Still worrying about the implications of the drysuit, he had actually been grateful to see the minibus leave, as it would spare him the concentrated 'wet dog' assault on his nostrils during the return trip that would have been the result of a dozen damp fleeces in a confined and unventilated space. Be My Enemy
The 15th century saw a decline in the real value of chivalry, and though new orders, such as the Order of the Golden Fleece were created, tournaments survived merely as ritualized ceremonies.
He raced to help her and battled to tackle the 4ft flames with his fleece jacket and shirt. The Sun
She looked down at herself in her grey fleece-lined tracksuit. AN OLDER WOMAN
The fleece must also be checked over for strips of pink skin.
I got soaked when the wind changed, having only my shirt and fleece on.
He has spent about $7,500 to buy his own gear, which includes gloves, a helmet, a pack, climbing boots, a headlamp, sleeping gear including a sleeping bag that can keep him warm in temperatures as cold as negative 20 degrees, trekking poles, and undergarments and fleece outer garments. Climb Every Mountain (But Train Hard First)
You'll bake in that fleece jacket!
For the first time, the contract will involve the supply of the entire garda uniform, including a blouson jacket with zip-in fleece, shirts, trousers and boots.
Shorn of their six month fleeces at the Perth Royal Show, these four 12 month old goats had a winning fleece value of $190.
I wanted to dress up all in fleece and wrestle with the dogs for a while. Regrettable Halloween Costumes » E-Mail
Removing the ewes' heavy fleeces at this stage makes lambing a cleaner, more efficient process and lets the newborn lambs find the ewes' teats more easily.
The fleece is ultraquiet at 60 or minus 10 degrees, and I have yet to puncture it. The Best Hunting and Fishing Gear of 2005
Nearing 4,000m, my ears pop again, before the car shudders to a stop, and another fleece-covered assistant lets us out.
Skirt the fleece, scour the wool, wash the wool, card it, thread the spool, spin it to thread, slide it off the bobbin, roll it into balls of yarn.
If we look at home only, where, we ask, would the woollen manufacture be now, but for the early laws restrictive of the importation of foreign woollens, nay more, restrictive of the export of British fleeces with which the manufactories of Belgium were alimented? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843
He was wearing a woollen cap and a fleece jacket with white squares on either side of the zip.
I suited up in lined fishing waders for warmth, grabbed my fleece pullover and stepped into the eco-boat for the hour voyage up Bute Inlet, through the Arran and Yuculta rapids to the Orford River. Melanie Nayer: A Walk in the Woods: Girl Meets Grizzly in British Columbia (SLIDESHOW)
A LAMB which was born without a fleece is keeping warm thanks to sheepskin jackets made by a farmer. The Sun
Horticultural fleece is the material of choice, being cosy yet – crucially – breathable, so that plants don't get soggy and rotten, as they would wrapped in plastic. In the garden this week: Wrap up warm and no-dig digging
Moits left in the fleece downgrade it considerably.
They had draped the railings in Union Flags and pictures of the Queen Mother, and themselves in fleeces, sleeping bags and even lengths of tinfoil to keep out the cold.
We also have their fleeces; despite my ludicrous barbering attempts of a month or so back, the two sets of wool completely filled the wheelbarrow.
October 22, 2008 kgirl said ... congratulations to your dad! and i'm sure you looked beautiful; fleece is always ok by me. oh and yeah, bloglines effed up for me too, hence the mad catch up this week. I Am By Turns Ranty, Bitchy, and Delighted This Weekend

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