cowlick
Example Sentences
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A cowlick could occur in the eye of a cyclone or eddy, or it could happen because the wind blows directly up toward the sky.
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
Gandhi and a $4 haircut: Only the second would involve a cowlick.
From Washington Post • May 13, 2015
She knew it wouldn’t be another puzzle-loving computer nut with a cowlick sidekick.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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