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Their shoulders are cooking beneath their shirts; the women have scarlet necks, the red of their arms is barely muted by muslin sleeves.
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Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Choose a spare sock and loop it at the end to secure, or choose a breathable piece of fabric such as cheesecloth or muslin to wrap around the bar soap.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2025
Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
Jersey Bond’s closing look was another standout — a large muslin gown that was covered with masking tape for a painterly effect.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Choose a spare sock and loop it at the end to secure, or choose a breathable piece of fabric such as cheesecloth or muslin to wrap around the bar soap.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2025
Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
Jersey Bond’s closing look was another standout — a large muslin gown that was covered with masking tape for a painterly effect.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for muslin
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“Muslin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muslin. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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muslin
noun
mus·lin
ˈməz-lən 
: a cotton fabric of plain weave
Etymology
from French mousseline "muslin," derived from Arabic mawṣilī "of Mosul (a city in Iraq)"
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