chignon

Example Sentences

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His congregation was just as likely to include grandmothers in floor-length skirts and chignons as recovered drug addicts and women in denim, rhinestones, and white leather boots.

From National Geographic

She arranged her hair, which turned from blond to silver, in an elaborate chignon at the back of her neck.

From Washington Post

Unlike the ballerina bun, or the chignon at the nape of the neck, it is fully visible from the front.

From The Guardian

It was a soft summer night in Brooklyn and Thomas, in skinny jeans and sporting a cowboy hat over a cantaloupe-size chignon brimming with locks, spritzed what smelled like rose water in my face.

From Washington Post

And at one point, in real time, McNamara executes a wedding chignon that could be on a Brides magazine cover.

From Los Angeles Times