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coiffure

[kwah-fyoor, kwa-fyr] / kwɑˈfjʊər, kwaˈfür /


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Four years ago, as Pence and Harris were discussing systemic racism, a fly settled on the snowy expanse of Pence’s white coiffure — and ended up walking away with the evening’s affair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024

Nézet-Séguin has given the Met a new look in his coiffure and attire.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

Sporting a handsome white coiffure and an inviting tone, Ciscomani spoke warmly about his immigrant parents, the price of milk and eggs, the fight against fentanyl and the accessibility of homeownership.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023

Impersonators would never consider going without Elvis’s patent leather coiffure.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

Nicole focused on the tub’s label, where a smiling black woman in pearls touched a hand to her shiny-straight coiffure.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

The musicians’ hair have been done up in era-appropriate ringlet-featuring coiffures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

Both pitchers completed their coiffures with an artificial boost this season, adding hair extensions as a means of expressing their individuality.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

Mr. Forbes was also celebrated for his coloring — bright pink, orange or purple — itself revolutionary after the slicked-back Elvis or moptop Beatles coiffures of Britain’s Swinging Sixties.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020

Ms. Peters’s two works are bronze, hollow-eyed, open-mouthed heads resembling Art Deco versions of archaic Greek sculptures but with exaggerated coiffures adding a weird, surrealistic dimension.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2016

A few adventurous members of the gentler sex took to wearing ridiculous “windshield hats,” watermelon-sized fabric balloons, equipped with little glass windows, that fit over the entire head, leaving ample room for corpulent Victorian coiffures.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Ms Newhall said her bungalow was perfect for the now coiffured canine, as it was easier for Morris to navigate around.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023

Her intricately coiffured head bends over a small pillow; we see her hands holding some small pieces of wood, but not her handiwork.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

One of the most quotable characters from the series, Tony Sirico’s fastidious and impeccably coiffured capo is also one of the most tempting to impersonate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2021

And now, at her first opportunity, she’s in it – dressed up, coiffured, staring unflinchingly at an eminent lens.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2017

Then it opened, and through the dense blue haze of the room they saw some shadowed forms softly indistinct save where the light from the ceiling outside shone down upon a group of coiffured heads.

From The Market-Place by Harold Frederic




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