hairline
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My hair woes started in high school, when I would scrape my curls into a bun and lament how thin my hairline looked.
From Slate ● May 23, 2026
Later, he described Robbie Williams as having "more comebacks than his hairline", and said Shaun Ryder and Bez had "aged like service station flowers".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
With his weathered face and receding hairline, he did not stand out for his movie star looks but for the intensity and depth he brought to his craft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
But neither of his grandfathers had much; his father has a receding hairline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
His hair had fallen to the wrong side and I could see the long scar at his hairline, all dented and puckered, with ridges of white flesh cutting across it to the browbone.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
He is among a cohort of men who have had enough of hiding under hats and obsessively monitoring hairlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
An independent consultant and member of the British Numismatic Trade Association has provided a condition report describing the coin as having "a good cameo appearance" with "light hairlines and handling scuffs throughout".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Back of the day, the NBA players used to look like they were 65, had hairlines back here.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
Yoon's party has not yet decided its position on traditional tattoos but supports legalising so-called cosmetic tattoos, which are semi-permanent and popular in South Korea for enhancing eyebrows, eyelines and hairlines.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2022
The low, irregular hairlines, which seemed even more irregular in contrast to the straight, heavy eyebrows which nearly met.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
