bobby

Example Sentences

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“It’s a visual of innocence for this girl to wear these grown-up shoes with a heel, and then pair them with these youthful bobby socks,” he explained of Dorothy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

He met his wife, Mary Lou, in 1956, brunette and pretty, wearing bobby socks at a fraternity mixer at Michigan State.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

“Tight as a drum”, was how the local beat bobby described the people on his patch.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

But Schwartz told me that he sees even this kind of damage most often when people use bobby pins or small spatulas to clean their ears.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2023

My mother wears her hair pinned back at the sides with bobby pins, so her ears are visible from the back.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood