hairbrush

Example Sentences

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The family prayed as McCormick’s great-grandson built a small plywood coffin that was filled with gifts and necessities for the next world, such as her granddaughter’s artwork and a hairbrush.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

DNA from Bryan's late mother's hairbrush was later found to be a familial match to traces on the victim's vest and clump of hair.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

She wanted to retrieve her medicine, and if memory serves all these years later, also a hairbrush and a photograph from her apartment.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

He always “dressed to impress” and carried a hairbrush with him and envisioned one day being his own boss, Elizabeth Dockery said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2022

Laying it on the bed, August reached into the hatbox and unwrapped a hairbrush with a wooden handle and offered it to me.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd