sideburns

Example Sentences

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The real Kiritsis was short-statured with a car salesman’s sideburns; he had the kind of face you only see onscreen during competitive bowling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The fulcrum of a cultural transition from vibrancy to stagnation was the 1970s, an era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

“Lauren is sure she doesn’t know what Gladstone’s sideburns looked like. What did Gladstone do? How racist was he? Does she have a problematic cat? This is perhaps not her most pressing issue.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

“If I can bring sideburns back, that would be cool,” Mr. Sessa recently told Dazed Digital.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

It was pulled low on her brow today, and Laila could see the gray hairs of her sideburns.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini