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How To Use linen In A Sentence

• In September, return visitors to an Edinburgh guesthouse said it was time to ‘rethink the three-star rating’, complaining that the linens were ‘soiled’ and the carpet was littered with ‘crumbs and dustballs’.
• She could feel underclothes, linen drawers, silken chemise, a farthingale with its stiffened hoops. Ill Met By Moonlight
• He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria. The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Stay away from open-weave linens and other stretchy fabrics.
• Wash towels, linens and pillowcases separately from other loads.
• For best results, match the basket hue to coordinate with linens or fabrics.
• Linen is a beautiful fabric but it creases very easily and needs to be pressed regularly.
• ‘Now soak it off with warm water,’ she said, gesturing to the bloody linen.
• Luxury bed linen and towels are also favourites. Times, Sunday Times
• _ The word "buckram" was anciently applied to the finest linen cloth, as is apparently the case here; see The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio