hairbrush

The family prayed as McCormick’s great-grandson built a small plywood coffin that was filled with gifts and necessities for the next world, such as her granddaughter’s artwork and a hairbrush.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

The female probation officer repeatedly promised Roe “she was going to help him get out, but don’t tell nobody,” he said, adding that she slipped him gifts such as a hairbrush and other hard-to-get items.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

He always “dressed to impress” and carried a hairbrush with him and envisioned one day being his own boss, Elizabeth Dockery said.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022

“I once had someone ask for their partner’s hairbrush suspended in a Jell-o cake,” said Abbie Thigpen, 26, who started baking in March 2019 and splits her time between California and Asheville, N.C.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

I used my own hairbrush and worked real hard at all the knots and patches of fur stuck together.

From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

"Back in the day, we'd have war zones over hairbrushes," says Raye.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

Currently, my tuition, rent, and 75% of food is covered for me, and my expenses include non-life-or-death necessities like textbooks, thrifted clothes, hairbrushes and soap, and food from the grocery aisle of CVS.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2022

As whales were hunted for their oil, people fashioned baleen into products such as hairbrushes and corsets.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2021

Inside was a gray-checked suit, two hairbrushes, various paperwork and an identity photo showing his pensive face.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2021

Magazines, clocks, clothes, pots and pans, sofa cushions, video game controllers, hairbrushes, books—they all swirled around in the dark, foamy water that pushed and pulled through the open front door and the broken windows.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz