These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'warp and woof.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight or flat form: The wood has warped in drying. 2019 All that was needed was the warp and woof of speaker dresses, rather than the big loudspeakers on stage, which suddenly seemed so 20th century. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2021 Pat Tyler’s homespun frocks, as well as smart suits for the city slickers of Asheville, mesh beautifully with the warp and woof of the people of bluegrass country. Mark Sirkin, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Those years are sprinkled into the warp and woof of every life phase, from longer childhoods, to ‘emerging adulthoods’ to the quickly-multiplying phases of active adulthood and emerging elderhood. 2022 Structure and process are the warp and woof of a successful business.
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