shave

Example Sentences

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But he admitted the seemingly ultra-confident player - who had immaculately-gelled hair, shaved his legs and wore fake tan - was a world away from the socially awkward person off the field.

From BBC

Eventually she went and shaved the wall again, but this time stayed on her skis and completed her run, spreading her arms wide in relief.

From Barron's

In the capital Kabul, a 25-year-old barber lamented that "there are a lot of restrictions" which go against his young clients' preference for closer shaves.

From Barron's

"We're not talking about, 'Oh, can you shave a couple of minutes off the journey time', we just want a line that's reliable and resilient."

From BBC

In one, she stood before a group of imprisoned men with shaved heads packed into tight rows in a notorious El Salvadoran prison.

From The Wall Street Journal