topknot

Example Sentences

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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

She arrived in the window in a PBS T-shirt with a stretched out neck, that brown hair piled into a messy topknot, talking fast and sharp and bright.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

As I write this, I’m scooping my hair up into a damp topknot and contemplating fetching a fan from upstairs.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022

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

Twisting her hair into a topknot and fastening it with three big tortoise-shell pins, she said, “Sit down, Will.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns