bouffant

Example Sentences

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Roan’s fiery hair is piled in a foot-high bouffant above a rhinestone tiara, her face layered in kabuki-like powder.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Drollinger, who was appointed in May 2023, dons a big blond bouffant wig, expressive eyes and pouty lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

His bushy moustache and black bouffant hair with a trademark white streak at the front made him one of the most recognisable - and impersonated - stars of the era on ITV.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2023

“Even as the ball rolled into the hole, she would shake her lacquered bouffant in disgust and mutter in her Southwest twang that she didn’t deserve a good score.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2022

“Marcia, are you going to bottle your secret?” a woman whom Ifemelu did not know asked, her bleached hair bouffant like a platinum helmet.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie