How to Use chamois in a Sentence

chamois

noun
  • The heels are lined with chamois leather and the toes with linen; the soles are pigskin.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
  • This is then gently buffed in using a chamois (a natural leather) tool.
    — Tori Crowther, refinery29.com, 12 July 2024
  • 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
  • The flora and fauna feature more than 1,700 plant species as well as chamois, boars and deer.
    — David Unsworth, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The removable liner and chamois provide support even through rougher rides, and the longer length can cover your knee pads.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Most people use a standard chamois by drying one part of their body, wringing it out, then drying another part.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Known for his game dishes including ibex and chamois, Violier was an avid hunter.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 2 Feb. 2016
  • Bibs are aerodynamic, don’t bind in the waist, stay up, and have a chamois to keep your undercarriage from getting chafed.
    — Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 31 May 2021
  • Larger mammals like deer, chamois (a goat antelope), badgers, boars and foxes would be awesome.
    — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Nov. 2019
  • The chamois also incorporates aloe vera into the fabric to soothe skin and prevent odor.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Ultralight and ultra-absorbent, the swim chamois is used to quickly wick away water, and can be wrung out to near-instant dryness.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Every room is decorated with hunting trophies, from elk, mountain lion, various deer, chamois, lynx and wolves.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Takins are from the goat-antelope, or Caprinae, subfamily — which also includes sheep, goats, musk oxen, and chamois.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The hotel is surrounded by extensive black pine forests and wildlife sightings like Eurasian brown bears, wolves, and Balkan chamois are all possible.
    — Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
  • These subtly slim joggers are the perfect swap for my chamois on the drive back home—soft, stretchy, and stink-resistant, thanks to their 85 percent merino wool construction.
    — Lily Ritter, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The chamois is really what separates cycling shorts from traditional athletic shorts.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Some animals — like the chamois, elks, and ibexes — might descend a couple of miles from the mountaintop and spend the colder months at lower altitudes, where the weather is slightly warmer.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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