The luxurious velvety chenille and long fur make an unusual, but effective combination in this scarf and bag set. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
If they weave cloth of it, that's called chenille too. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
A kind of chenille robe made by Blair and sold through its catalog is being recalled after six deaths. From Wordnik.com. [Jezebel] Reference
The wicker is very delicately plaited, and is ornamented with a pattern in chenille which is very easy to work. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
"And here I sit, heir to a chenille stem fortune.". From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
The former chenille-stem heir looked a little haggard. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
A faded chenille spread served as blanket and bedspread. From Wordnik.com. [Four To Score]
A worn chenille bedspread covered my bed back at the loft. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Truck] Reference
Her hands gripped the chenille fabric until her knuckles whitened. From Wordnik.com. [The Part Time Wife]
Worked in the second size crimson chenille, with No. 4 gold thread. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
A Victorian sort of decor; mock oil lamps and chenille tablecloths. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
The white chenille bedspreads are so worn they are almost translucent. From Wordnik.com. [The Joy Luck Club]
The couches were low and white, oversize and covered in white chenille. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Husband Contract Wife]
Like a chenille blanket falling to a hardwood floor -- heavy but hushed. From Wordnik.com. [overtaken Diary Entry] Reference
I consider that, with the chenille swallow, it is worth thirty shillings. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
A bed — really more of a cot — with a chenille spread flanked one wall. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
The chenille curtain, perhaps, suits her because it is full of complex decoration. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
It was half unmade, the thin chenille spread folded back to reveal rumpled sheets. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
Gimcracks in an étagère; a festoon of chenille monkeys hanging from the gaselier. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891] Reference
She was painfully thin and pale and was covered to her waist by a chenille blanket. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
They stripped off her chenille bedspread, pulling down the blankets and the top sheet. From Wordnik.com. [Angels and Outlaws]
Danni was slouching around in her old pink chenille robe, sipping a second gin and tonic. From Wordnik.com. [The Pull of the Moon]
Also, I can only imagine the bodily fluids getting absorbed into the polyester chenille mix. From Wordnik.com. [Courtney Cachet: MTV's Jersey Shore: Go Inside The Miami House With Me!] Reference
My costume was of gold woven with black chenille flowers, and my jewels were pearls and diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
Or anyway the best chenille is, and the other is something else that's supposed to look like silk. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
She had her own set of slippers in the hall closet; they were pink chenille, worn down at the heel. From Wordnik.com. ['What Happened to Anna K.'] Reference
The chenille is worked one way, and the silver goes the other way, contrary to regular crochet work. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
A few seconds later a short woman in her seventies wearing a pink chenille housecoat opened the door. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Job HTML]
She reaches in to find another favorite, but accidentally pulls out a worn pink chenille robe instead. From Wordnik.com. [Get Back Home, Loretta] Reference
Xao Ping reflexively dug her claws into the plush chenille of the sofa and let out a low yowl. From Wordnik.com. [Cats Do It Doggie Style] Reference
This prompted a second recall in June 2009 to alert consumers to the burn hazard for the chenille robes. From Wordnik.com. [After nine deaths, retailer recalls more chenille clothing] Reference
The cotton-wool frogs and the chenille monkeys are disarranged, and there are walking things on the sofa. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891] Reference
Color palettes such as this, where you have a beautiful chenille, a tapestry, a solid, and maybe a woven. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2005] Reference
She tried turning the eyesore into a seat cushion with safety pins and chenille, but there was no hiding it. From Wordnik.com. [To-die-for] Reference
This week's finds include an adorable vintage chenille bathrobe, a to-die-for Ossie Clark and a mod Vera dress. From Wordnik.com. [Weekly eBay Roundup of Vintage Clothing Finds] Reference
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