John Adams's orchestral textures had a soft, Romantic nap, but the treacherous asymmetries of movement glowed precisely and with confidence, also in the difficult chorus part.

He ran his fingers through the soft nap of carpet as if for emphasis.

She looked down at the soft nap of the carpet beneath her feet.

She took a towel, her fingers feeling the thick, soft nap.

They'd shaved it then, so he'd been in there a month or two, anyhow, because he could feel the thick soft nap of it.

On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap to it, like the worn nap of his broad-brimmed hat.

The cloth of camel's hair is sometimes used in combination with other fabrics and made into a twill weave pattern or a basket weave which is finished with a soft nap.

Next morning I busied myself with the precious tekla, thinning it, brushing up a soft nap, fashioning the tiny things Child Within would be needing some day.

He brushed one hand across the soft nap of the sand-colored, standard-issue synthorug with which Nancia's internal living areas were carpeted.

And, in the months after the surrender, the deep soft nap began to show signs of wear and finally the heavy warp and woof showed through in spots where heels had worn it and spurs dug carelessly.