cowlick
Example Sentences
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You might be surprised to learn that you can’t comb the hairs flat on a coconut without creating a cowlick.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023
Pratik accosted her afterward, smashing his cowlick back.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2019
His hair swirled out from his cowlick like a fingerprint, as if it were intended, as if it were someone’s design.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2017
Roland is always a wacky comic role — it was Nathan Lane’s Broadway debut — but Mr. Escola’s comic-book cowlick and cartoonish conviction take the character to a new level.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2013
She’d wondered if his cowlick would be slicked down with gel for school, but Steve poked up in all his glory.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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