1.   Among them was the compactor, which compresses cotton fibers so much that when they spring back in the wash it compensates for the inevitable shrinkage.

2.   Ginning is the process of separating the mass of raw cotton fibers into individual strands.

3.   Glass fiber, mineral wool and cotton fiber can be spun into blankets or bats.

4.   I released a pinch of cotton fibers to check the wind direction.

5.   It preserves the shrinkless nature of virgin cotton fiber.

6.   Mill workers wondered what happened to Leon Spears after he got brown lung, the illness brought on by inhaling cotton fibers.

7.   One of the oldest textiles, linen fibers are stronger and more lustrous than cotton fibers.

8.   The agricultural biotechnology company said its scientists changed the color of cotton fiber by manipulating the gene for melanin, a dark brown pigment.

9.   The only trick to using the dust cloth is in selecting one made of natural cotton fibers.

10.   The smell of her husband in the cotton fibers reassured her.