pomade

Example Sentences

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Past Marvin had a mustache, hair pomade and cold eyes — that’s as much deep psychology as we get.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

Because bathing kiwis in a dressing tames their fuzz, just like pomade smooths frizzed hair on a humid day.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2021

That prison soap must be suffused with argan oil – either that or Robbins’ scalp secretes pomade, given his lustrous locks are more solid than those securing the cell doors.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2020

He’d showered and powdered his neck — the smell of talc and the pomade he sometimes used to brush his hair sweetening the old leather of the seats.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2019

A streak of coconut pomade melting in Princesse’s hair fell onto the white sheet stretched out on the veranda floor beneath her.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat