How to Use nonwoven in a Sentence

nonwoven

adjective
  • The masks will be surgical masks made from a nonwoven fabric.
    — Marc Bain, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Each mask has three layers of nonwoven fabric that can be folded closely over the nose and mouth.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Choose a mask that's made from nonwoven textiles when possible.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Apple said the cloth was made of a nonwoven microfiber but declined to elaborate.
    — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Each tote holds up to 17 gallons and is made of durable nonwoven material.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Is it made with nonwoven textiles that are easier to breathe through compared to heavier cloth fabrics?
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 8 Jan. 2022
  • It is made with plastic or nonwoven fibers like polypropylene or polyethylene.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2024
  • One common type is a nonwoven textile made of plastic fibers, often black, that may be perforated with small holes.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Surgical masks, for example, are one kind of nonwoven fabric.
    — Byian Mount, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Woven or nonwoven polypropylene These bags are made from recycled plastics.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Thanks to thick stitching and nonwoven fabric, the durable organizer can hold up to 40 pounds of sneakers, slides, and more footwear.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 30 Apr. 2023
  • No hemming was required; the nonwoven fabric wouldn’t unravel.
    — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
  • For even more protection, some masks have a nonwoven filter layer, while others have a pocket to add a disposable filter.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2020
  • If cotton items aren’t suitable for new textiles, they can be recycled into nonwoven goods or other non-textile products.
    — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Each bag is 100 percent eco-friendly thanks to its nonwoven material.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com, 8 May 2022
  • The bride, a university student, carried a bouquet of paper flowers and wore a nonwoven coat for her going-away outfit.
    — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
  • This lightweight, nonwoven material can be draped directly onto the plants or tented over the row, supported by wire hoops.
    — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2018
  • Bao Jimi, a saleswoman at a nonwoven fabric exporter in Shanghai, said they were also caught off guard by the sudden rise in the yuan’s value last year.
    — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The lab now explores nonwoven fabrics, biomaterials, natural dyes.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The company specializes in converting giant rolls of nonwoven fabric into smaller rolls that fit inside sanitary wipe canisters.
    — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Despite offering max protection, the nonwoven polypropylene material is still breathable, according to more than a dozen reviewers.
    — Braelyn Wood, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The material is made from fine strands of plastic on a machine about 40 feet long and 20 feet high that operates something like a paper mill, churning out nonwoven fabric with tight pores on giant rolls.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Today, circular streams for cotton-heavy garments like denim include mechanical and chemical recycling to create new textiles and nonwoven products.
    — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The woven material of many cloth masks isn’t as effective at filtering particles as the nonwoven, meltblown polypropylene used to make surgical masks and respirators, Marr said.
    — Allyson Chiu, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • This strategy propels our sustainable growth, steering us confidently toward our vision of leading the transition toward an eco-conscious textile and nonwoven industry.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Masks made of other materials—surgical masks made of a synthetic nonwoven, meltblown textile, layers of different kinds of cloth, and so on—can gap at the sides and don’t, on their own, fully protect people from getting infected.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 2 July 2020
  • Ultrasoft, meanwhile, is described as the company’s high-density nonwoven material, engineered for components that need both softness and resilience.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In front of a room full of fashion editors, buyers, and influencers, Hadid was sprayed down with Fabrican, a groundbreaking nonwoven synthetic fiber material that can be applied via an aerosol can or spray gun device.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2022
  • While this figure also includes applications like nonwoven hygiene products and specialty paper, the report notes that the demand for staple fiber—primarily used for apparel and home textiles—is specifically seeing a demand lift.
    — Carved In Blue, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025
  • At the same time, Lydall began rapidly increasing production of nonwoven polypropylene, the critical filtering component of medical-grade N95 face masks.
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 8 May 2021

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