How to Use fleece in a Sentence

fleece

1 of 2 noun
  • Keep things cozy with a fluffy fleece or puffer vest.
    — Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Great options for this are down and fleece.
    — Cara Ocobock, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Duff stayed toasty warm in a long teddy coat and fleece clogs.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • When the day calls for warmth without weight, reach for this fleece set.
    — Paris Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Percy hands the fleece to Clarisse.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Their fuzzy fleece lining will keep your feet toasty-warm all night, too.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Plus, the collar is lined with a thick fleece to keep your neck cozy.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Plus, the collar is lined with a thick fleece to keep your neck cozy.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
  • So, bring that warmth to a new home with this faux fur and fleece blanket.
    — Carly Totten, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Just grab a sweater or fleece for evening jaunts or a traipse out to the end of the breezy pier.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • She was last seen wearing a green-and-white fleece with a black coat over it.
    — Kyani Reid, NBC news, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Don't wear chunky wool sweaters, fleece, or polyester leggings around your pets at home.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Hybrid styles mix denim with fleece and sweats.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Ditch the leggings and fleece sweats for these cozy cotton pants.
    — Olivia Bria, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
  • Quarter-zip fleeces may be referred to as fleece pullovers.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Ideal for winter, they’re lined with warm fleece.
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • It’s fully lined with thick sherpa fleece.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t try taking off the fleece and hanging it on the back of your chair.
    — WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Justin, 31, bundled up in a white fleece coat with a puffer hood.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Justin, 31, bundled up in a white fleece coat with a puffer hood.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
  • It’s made of super-soft fleece and comes in a wide range of colors.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These lounge pants from adidas are made with a thick polyester fleece and ribbed cuffs to trap heat.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Justin, meanwhile, bundled up in a white fleece coat with a puffer hood.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That said, despite being lined with fleece, these jeans don’t feel bulky.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Klæbo lies flat on his back, eyes closed, fleece ruffled around his collar.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Heavy fleece, like anti-pill polar fleece, may be too thick for this project.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In Maine, a fleece is part of a daily uniform.
    — Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In place of winter coats, finance bros strut the halls in their puffer and fleece vests.
    — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Faux and fleece alternatives tend to be easy to clean at home.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Cozy fleece blankets keep the chill at bay, while a steaming cup of tea rounds out the meal.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025

fleece

2 of 2 verb
  • Don't let that salesman fleece you.
  • There’s still too much money to make and too many cities to fleece.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Beanies are often fleece or some type of cotton/polyester mix.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Short on money, Gill plots against the pyramid scheme that fleeced her.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
  • Taxpayers are fleeced, boldly and out in the open.
    — Frank Ricci, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Team owner fleeced the city for a sweetheart stadium deal and the team’s in the tank?
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 June 2018
  • The sale includes everything from puffy parkas to fleece pullovers and even comes with free shipping.
    — Amanda Tarlton, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2019
  • More and more, con artists — some who might not be Muslim — are fleecing the faithful.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2018
  • The lesson from the parking deal is not merely that the city got fleeced by private investors.
    — Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • The knee-jerk reaction to the George trade was that the Pacers were fleeced.
    — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Staal fleeced Price top shelf, short side, for his team-leading 14th goal, which broke the levee.
    — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2017
  • Judi Raiken, 76, had stopped by in search of high-heel all-weather boots and fleece leggings.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The goal is to safely and properly sanitize the apartment, not fleece you.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2021
  • If a doctor fleeces Medicare, the agency can block that person from billing it — a crushing blow.
    — Marshall Allen, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2019
  • So how does a front office this wary of getting fleeced tackle a deadline in which they’re meant to be major players?
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • There are even tons of great markdowns on apparel, like Patagonia fleece pullovers and shorts.
    — Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2020
  • And our waiter was enjoying every tourist-fleecing moment of our meal.
    — TheWeek, 17 May 2020
  • Velour, chenille and fleece acrylic blankets offer mid-weight warmth and are known for their interesting textures and soft feel.
    — Carla Jordan, ELLE Decor, 10 Nov. 2008
  • Donovan writes—the perception that men were being fleeced persisted.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Wrestling was a con man business and fans were viewed by many, albeit certainly not all, promoters and wrestlers as suckers to be fleeced.
    — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Once the game was underway, the defendants fleeced the victims out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game.
    — Colin Meyn, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The company was a sham, set up temporarily to fleece college students out of their savings.
    — WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • The findings likely won’t cut into lottery sales or scammers trying to fleece people looking for a get-rich-quick scheme.
    — Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2018
  • These are companies that aren’t breaking any laws but have built their business model around a gimmick that annoys and fleeces customers.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 9 June 2017
  • Many people once believed the Rays were fleeced in the three-team deal that sent Myers to San Diego.
    — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Zach Harper basically wrote that Atlanta got fleeced here, though.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • They are accused of conspiring to fleece tens of millions of dollars from trucking companies in a rebate fraud.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • People cheating the system, trying to fleece taxpayers.
    — CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • With their backs almost against the wall, the Patriots got fleeced by the Niners in that midseason blockbuster.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 8 May 2018
  • The settlement merely means Duke Energy won’t be able to fleece an entire state’s worth of people who have nowhere else to turn.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2021

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