How to Use textile in a Sentence

textile

noun
  • They import fine silk textiles from China.
  • Where buildings were hard and cold, Liebes’ textiles were warm and soft.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2023
  • So go ahead, buy a good textile cleaner and cozy up a nook in your culinary space.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 9 Dec. 2022
  • This was a textile with blue leaves and flower baskets on a pale background.
    Vulture, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In the decades before Scott’s birth, in 1972, the area around Gladys was home to furniture and textile factories.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Our textiles experts even named it the best mattress for side sleepers with back pain.
    Samantha Jones, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2023
  • The shop resembled a library, but for textiles instead of texts.
    Nina Mesfin, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Stephen Hamilton, a young textile artist with a heroic impulse, gives me hope.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022
  • More fun fabrics carry the textile motif throughout the home.
    Katy Kiick Condon, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Be sure to visit the Carmel Market — Tel Aviv's most popular — for unique textiles, spices, herbs, tea, and fresh foods.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The textile is more intimate than a canvas, which could not pull the way this woven fabric does.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The historic factory has been around since the 17th century and at one point made textiles for Louis XIV.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The lining of the bags is made of a coarse cotton textile known in the Amazon as tocuyo, which is hand-painted with vegetal dyes.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
  • When the heat index rises, there really is no better fabric to put on than linen, a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.
    Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2023
  • Only about 15 percent of textiles in the US gets reused or recycled each year.
    Izzie Ramirez, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Give in to trends with an accent wall color or textile like a sofa pillow or rug.
    oregonlive, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Her father worked in the textile business, and her mother was a homemaker.
    Elsa Dixler, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The sneakers also use a mix of suede, textile, and mesh materials to achieve a simple, sleek look.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Sure, a pair of jeans or denim jacket is a go-to this time of year, but the textile is taking it a step further with the resurgence of maxi skirts, Y2K styles, and the Diesel brand.
    Essence Fashion Editors, Essence, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The vivid green is picked up elsewhere via artwork, accessories and textiles.
    Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Spacious rooms are done up in local textiles and tilework.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2024
  • The Glen Affric tartan is one of more than 300 objects included in the show, which traces the global history of the textile.
    Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Women did lots of different things, like the cloth trade and brewing and different kinds of textile work.
    Hazlitt, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The TRU Colors brewery is a fifty-five-thousand-square-foot former textile mill that sits among housing projects on the city’s south side.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The fabric is a blend of recycled polyester and spandex for a more sustainable textile.
    Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 21 Mar. 2023
  • This cheerful laundry room designed by Mark D. Sikes features multiple patterns and textiles to break up the blues—and the monotony of the job at hand.
    House Beautiful, 28 Apr. 2023
  • By 1900, the use of this ‘green gold’ as a major industrial textile had brought prosperity to the city.
    Claire Marie Healy, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The past lives of her textiles—their original owners—aren’t glossed over with her artist’s hand but rather made into something anew.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Some textiles, like silk or cashmere, may require special care.
    Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The adobe-style fireplace and gorgeous Spanish textiles laid throughout this house give this Los Angeles home a chic, laidback, and warm feeling.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'textile.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: