hank
Example Sentences
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And then Ozzy grabbed a hank of his shoulder-length brown-and-pink hair and shouted:
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023
"We will continue our plans to celebrate the memory of hank Aaron during this season’s All-Star festivities," Manfredi said.
From Fox News • Apr. 5, 2021
By the time he’s done, the legendary Viennese doktor has been reduced to not much more than a rag, a bone, and a hank of hair.
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2017
My mother twisted another thick hank of hair into a scrap of cotton and sighed.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2016
Inside were four coppers and a little hank of blond hair tied up with a red ribbon.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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