pomade

Example Sentences

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Zinc works for both ultraviolet rays and icy winds but some athletes prefer specialized products such as Dermatone, a pomade that comes in round tins like shoe polish and promises to deter frostbite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022

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

In the place from which I escaped there was always an atmosphere of pomade, spice, excess and inertia.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse