hairpin

Example Sentences

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She wears a gold wreath, and has hairpins of both gold and silver.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he learned to master this new machine that could achieve insane speeds and execute hairpin turns while taking crystalline video.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Very funny. I thought I might have lost a hairpin.”

From Literature

Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Besides, there are two of us and one of him, Penelope,” she added, tugging a hairpin from her bun.

From Literature