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 • Nov. 3, 2021

Hair was wound into a tight bun or frizzed-out, perhaps accented by golden heart barrette, lightly folded like butterfly wings.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Before she left the United States to compete in the Olympics, Athing Mu spied a hair barrette in a department store.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Her uncut hair falls to her shoulders, clipped back with a child’s barrette.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2021

As we were walking out the door, Lily studied my new hairdo—which was half up in a barrette, with the rest hanging down my back.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English