chignon
Example Sentences
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Ms Ardern wore a fitted ivory dress by designer Juliette Hogan - who is reportedly a close friend of the ex-PM - and a long veil clipped onto a chignon up-do hairstyle.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
Her blond hair was usually ironed straight or pulled back into a messy chignon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2022
“Behind the undone chignon, the back of Donald Trump is covered in white lank,” the machine wrote.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021
But also, because Alexia has a chignon constantly — that's where she puts her pick.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021
Though her face was still wild and red and her chignon was not quite holding.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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