Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

frizz

[friz] / frɪz /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

We found the two apes, with their telltale ginger frizz and bulbous bellies, grazing in the canopy.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024

This is the only restaurant I know that crowns it with a frizz of fried dried shredded flank steak and fills it with corn cream, a discovery made when fork strikes core.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022

“I don’t want to frizz it out,” Holcomb said.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

Traditional plumes might be supplanted by burnt ostrich feathers, hand-dipped in acid to strip off the frizz, leaving the stark outline of spine, as of something fossilized.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2019

I was trying to get my hair to do this front frizz thing that I saw in a fashion magazine I pinched from Miss Anderson.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

It seems chaotic but organised, in much the same way as Tomlin’s wayward black-grey hair frizzes out in every direction.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2015

I’d feel like I was cutting off a part of my body that makes me, well, uniquely me, like my long toes or my wiry hair that frizzes at the hint of rain.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2014

The day's first Frisbee frizzes across the gray sky.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her hair frizzes around her head in a lovely disc shape.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Her hair came loose from the neat bun at her neck and flew in long frizzes down to her waist.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com