topknot

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the most striking is the pied kingfisher, commonly called a helldiver, with its black and white plumage, shaggy topknot and slender beak.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Haring limned his oval head, the topknot above a receding hairline, a pair of prominent ears and eyes staring out from behind black-rimmed eyeglasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

His topknot had just been cut off as a forfeit for losing out on a challenge to a colleague at the direct sales company for which he worked in 2018.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022

Several of Max-Karl Winkler’s subjects are enclosed within circles, and in his “The Checkered Scarf,” a woman’s torso, topknot and titular scarf all protrude from the oblong that contains her head.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021

Her costume would still turn heads, but at least now she didn’t have to worry about a big red topknot giving away her location.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo