kinky

Example Sentences

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Bailey lets her displeasure be known by having a friend shave off her beautiful spray of kinky hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

“Portland, which used to be kinky and weird and a very liberal community, became a very dangerous community where people are no longer enjoying it,” he said.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2022

The cultural politics surrounding Black women’s natural hair, from loose curls to kinky coils, stretch back hundreds of years.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

She, too, has seen how, over the past decade, there has been an extreme focus on encouraging women of African ancestry to celebrate their kinky, curly and coily hair texture.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2022

Her lips were full and wet from the water, and her dark hair, which was all wild and kinky from the heat, glowed red in the exit-sign light.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx