barrette
Example Sentences
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A blue velvet box bearing a label "bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette" holds the double bracelets, each composed of three strings of diamonds and a large barrette clasp, for a total of 112 diamonds.
From Reuters
The nonbinary student, who sometimes wore barrettes and clips in their locks, was allowed back in class under an exemption the judge extended.
From Seattle Times
“We would always lose our barrettes,” she says.
From Seattle Times
Hair was wound into a tight bun or frizzed-out, perhaps accented by golden heart barrette, lightly folded like butterfly wings.
From Seattle Times
Funky hair clips and barrettes that could have lined the walls of Claire’s stores 20 years ago have also resurfaced.
From New York Times
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