tresses

Example Sentences

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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

The outfits are made of colorful living material, including headdresses of tillandsia, or air plants, and tresses of huperzia, a tropical clubmoss.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Other than feeding them and untangling their tresses as if weeding a garden, she generally leaves them to their own devices.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall