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

If Dad has yet to find his preferred hair product, he might enjoy this pomade, which was purportedly used by the likes of Elvis Presley and James Dean.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2020

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

With a tortoiseshell comb Lefty parted his hair on the right, adding pomade to an unruly curl that refused to stay flat.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides