tresses

Example Sentences

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With his blond tresses reaching down to his hips, he braved the scissors on Saturday to help The Little Princess Trust.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Most gladiatrices sported cropped hair, as Amazon and Achillia do in their marble relief, but a high-born fighter might have elected to keep her tresses.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

The ultra-private “Cowboy Carter” crooner hopped on the viral haircare trend and posted a nearly two-minute clip taking followers through the multistep process of caring for her color-treated tresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

His once-dark tresses were closely cropped and salt-and-pepper speckled.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

She had then on a dark-blue silk dress; her arms and her neck were bare; her only ornament was her chestnut tresses, which waved over her shoulders with all the wild grace of natural curls.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë