comb

Example Sentences

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“It’s two bald blokes fighting over a comb. Whoever wins will have their arse handed to them by Bayern on Sunday night.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2020

“We are going through these with a fine-tooth comb. There is a very specific checklist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2019

“No. Look I can prove it. That quarter on the hood, next to my comb. It’s from 1982. I left it in my pocket by mistake.”

From Nature • Oct. 22, 2019

My daughter-in-law says, “Don’t do the comb. I don’t want him doing that in school — he’s 11.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2016

“That’s the uncapper over there, where we take the wax off the comb. Then it goes through the wax melter over here.”

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd