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
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
The cowlick on the side of his head sticks up in a nubby devil’s horn.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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