How to Use chamois in a Sentence

chamois

noun

• The target: a piece of wet chamois leather meant to simulate human skin.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2018
• The chamois is the padded segment of bike shorts, which helps to cushion a cyclist’s sensitive parts.
  — Christine Ro, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2018
• In fall 2016, their first shipment of clothes arrived four months late—the chamois had the elastic waist sewn inside out and all the shorts were one size too large.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 17 May 2018
• Town of Brookfield — Bring on the oxford cloth, the chamois shirts, the woodsy plaids equally at home on the trail or at a family reunion on Narragansett Bay.
  — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2017
• The crotch is padded and incorporates a chamois, the waistband can be tightened, there’s a cellphone pocket on the side and a key pocket hidden within.
  — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2009
• Known for his game dishes including ibex and chamois, Violier was an avid hunter.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 2 Feb. 2016
• There is also a large chest pocket, articulated cuffs, and built-in chamois to clean sunglass lenses.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2020
• Larger mammals like deer, chamois (a goat antelope), badgers, boars and foxes would be awesome.
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Nov. 2019
• Keep Bakelite or anything made of horn away from perfumes and chemicals and polish only with a soft chamois cloth that has not been treated with chemicals.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Two young women in white chamois robes exited the Himalayan salt sauna at Premier57, a spa in Midtown Manhattan, looking rosy and happily spent.
  — Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 14 June 2017
• These mountains are also home to one of the largest undisturbed forests in Europe — long slopes of beech, fir and spruce trees that support thriving populations of Carpathian chamois (a goat-antelope species) and wild boar.
  — Laura Kiniry, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
• Hunters documented the number of chamois and tahr, exotic species of mountain goat introduced to New Zealand in the early 20th century.
  — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
• Within minutes her hand prints were everywhere, and Andrew envisioned himself trailing her with a chamois cloth and returning things to their primal polish.
  — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• Every room is decorated with hunting trophies, from elk, mountain lion, various deer, chamois, lynx and wolves.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Higher up near the alpine regions, black pine yields to sheer granite and slate peaks, and chamois, ptarmigan, stoat and marmots peer curiously at visitors, while griffon vultures and golden eagles soar overhead.
  — Smithsonian, 15 June 2018
• Like his father, Carrel was a professional hunter of the chamois (the region’s goat-like antelope) and had spent his youth exploring every valley and ridgeline of the region’s rugged terrain, including the flanks of the Matterhorn.
  — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 1 Aug. 2019
• Unlike soap or dishwasher detergent or the sine qua non spaghetti mop, there is almost nothing a paper towel does that can’t be done equally effectively with a chamois cloth, a strip of cotton, a rubber sponge or an old sock.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2020
• The chamois is really what separates cycling shorts from traditional athletic shorts.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 19 Dec. 2022
• But Jayme Powers, the executive director of the ceremony and chief operating officer of Special Olympics, said there was never a worry — not even as volunteers shouted for more chamoises with time ticking down until the gates opened.
  — Evan Webeck, The Seattle Times, 1 July 2018

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024