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

To residents they are repositories of a hairbrush and a photograph — collective threads of a social fabric that, over time, weave together a life, a family, a history, a neighborhood, a community.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Lloyd went to her father’s rowhouse and gathered some items to drop off for him at the hospital — his cellphone, wallet, hairbrush, toothbrush and a set of pajamas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2021

He looks at me for the last time and— “A hairbrush is not a gun!”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas