woollier

Has nobody come across schoolteachers who, frequently concerned with issues of control and primarily focused on ‘the examinable’, regularly do not do the woollier, non-examinable parts of the coursebook which happen to be the parts where language is personalised, creativity is possible and English becomes fun?

C is for Coursebook (by Lindsay Clandfield) « An A-Z of ELT 2010

I was also coming to see that the distinction between sane and insane was much woollier and more ambivalent than I had previously realised.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

I was also coming to see that the distinction between sane and insane was much woollier and more ambivalent than I had previously realised.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

He appeared to me in dreams as a ghost, growing ever woollier and wilder, until he looked in the passage like a wolverine.

Animals in Reverse Ann Bogle 2011

What that omits is Mr. Howard's singular contribution to upholding peace and prosperity throughout Asia-Pacific, not just in the Middle East -- although Australian soldiers, ships and planes have served in the woollier parts of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Howard at the White House 2009

Medical news that used to come almost entirely from physicians or a neutral source like the FDA now flows at the public from every direction: from magazines, doctors and the even woollier, unregulated world of the Internet.

Heavy Meddling 2008

And this means, Don, that a campaign that was getting pretty wild and woolly is going to get wilder and woollier.

CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2007 2007

Admiral Spruance, in particular, had been made skeptical by some of the woollier claims.

Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

Admiral Spruance, in particular, had been made skeptical by some of the woollier claims.

Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

The performance goes on for an hour, growing woollier and woollier in tone, and then dying out in sleep.

Travels in West Africa 2003