topknot

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the most striking is the pied kingfisher, commonly called a helldiver, with its black and white plumage, shaggy topknot and slender beak.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

His topknot had just been cut off as a forfeit for losing out on a challenge to a colleague at the direct sales company for which he worked in 2018.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022

Aracely, her dark hair held in a topknot by a pink band, poked at a white mound of tortilla dough on the kitchen table.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2022

One of them wears a topknot, another checks her pedometer.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019

The last time she had seen him had been at Kaihan’s wedding last year, and Prince Con Isae Tan—like all young men of rank—had worn his long black hair in a topknot.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo