hank

Example Sentences

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Only the hank of sleep-mussed hair poking through the blankets revealed his presence.

From Literature

Mary looked up quickly from the hank of yarn she was winding into a ball.

From Literature

Some people looked at Daniel Jones and saw a nondescript kid with a square haircut, a hank of side-comb running across his forehead in a straight line, and decided he was terminally unremarkable.

From Washington Post

A work from 1935, “Rope and People, I,” combines mediums—an affixed hank of heavy rope is surrounded by painted images of distressed personages.

From The New Yorker

Sunshine twisted a hank of long blonde hair around her hand.

From Salon