headdress

Example Sentences

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Wearing a red feather headdress, Bepdjo told AFP of rising tensions with intruders in the Bau Indigenous Territory in Para state, four years after his people expelled almost 200 prospectors.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

At the time, Ortiz sported a veritable headdress of 1980s rock ’n’ roll hair.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

A group of men pulled Rodrigues into a circle to adjust his headdress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

That could be a long time coming, even as visitors continue to wonder at the resplendent feathered headdress, a marvel from an era shrouded in the mists of time.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

In it she sits ramrod straight, wearing a beaded, peaked headdress and two large silver brooches around her neck.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline