sideburns
Example Sentences
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The real Kiritsis was short-statured with a car salesman’s sideburns; he had the kind of face you only see onscreen during competitive bowling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
“Lauren is sure she doesn’t know what Gladstone’s sideburns looked like. What did Gladstone do? How racist was he? Does she have a problematic cat? This is perhaps not her most pressing issue.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
“If I can bring sideburns back, that would be cool,” Mr. Sessa recently told Dazed Digital.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
In Phnom Penh, he wore blue bell-bottom pants, jean jackets, and thin sideburns that were trendy at the time.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
