hairbrush

Example Sentences

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The family prayed as McCormick’s great-grandson built a small plywood coffin that was filled with gifts and necessities for the next world, such as her granddaughter’s artwork and a hairbrush.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Ferguson’s wig and hairbrush mustache, on the other hand, appear to have been trimmed with garden shears by a distracted makeup artist who was playing Wordle on her phone.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

She wanted to retrieve her medicine, and if memory serves all these years later, also a hairbrush and a photograph from her apartment.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

"There are occasions where you get things wrong. For me, Tangle Teezer was a miss," he admits, referring to the now-hugely-popular detangling hairbrush which has since made its inventor more than £100m.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2021

She came up behind me but instead of getting mad, she picked up the silver-plaited hairbrush and started brushing my hair like she used to do when I was little.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson