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

My eyes welled as they traced the intubation tube, wires and IVs that draped around my father like Medusa’s snake tresses.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Maybe it’s Huera, with her blonde tresses, piercing blue eyes and matching oversized khaki suit.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2022

I remember how one day she showed up with bright pink tresses studded with blinking colored lights shaped like mice.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins