pompadour

Example Sentences

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The report shows images of the judge sitting on the bench while donning an Elvis wig with his signature black pompadour and sunglasses.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

He looked dapper for his first appearance in a mint green suit and shirt, but donned a blonde pompadour wig and “Death Rock” T-shirt for a second appearance as Beavis with Day’s buck-toothed Butt-Head.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

With his icy good looks, rockabilly-esque pompadour and vintage gold-top Gibson guitar, Mr. Walker helped define the look as well as the sound of Killing Joke during its peak in the 1980s and ’90s.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2023

The mug shot shows the suspect’s head lowered as if to obscure a jowly double-chin, eyes narrowed into a glare, lips firmly pursed and yellow pompadour swirled into a cotton-candy crown.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

At nineteen, I was a hatless type, with a flat, black, not particularly clean, Continental-type pompadour over a badly broken-out inch of forehead.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger