barber

Example Sentences

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The younger Angel played sax in the family band, went to barber college in Pasadena, apprenticed in Williams, then came home in 1950 to take over his father’s old shop along Route 66.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

At 14:15 a gym class was in progress, a restaurant was preparing food, and a barber was mid-cut.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

In a barber shop in the centre of Hampton Vale, foreign affairs are on the mind of Muhammad Usman, 39.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Early the following year, Raynella remarried David Leath, a local barber who, according to the News-Sentinel, was Ed Dossett’s best friend.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Papa never spoke about the barber shop, yet he had come here three times a week to be shaved.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith