braid

Example Sentences

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Poised on a colorful, carpeted platform in a gleaming leotard, with a hefty brown braid of hair falling over one shoulder, Folan would spend her program reaching, bending, breathing and twisting her limbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Those are the two pieces that braid together so nicely.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

"I call myself a braid baby because I've been braiding since I was 6 years old," she says, telling me how her family would bond over the skill as her mum proudly looks on.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

Even if only with a hot breakfast, a quick photo and a French braid.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Each week, Mom helped Cat wash and braid her hair into the perfect French braid.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn