bouffant
Example Sentences
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Roan’s fiery hair is piled in a foot-high bouffant above a rhinestone tiara, her face layered in kabuki-like powder.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
As a teenager, Berman, who wore her dark hair in a bouffant, worked part time in a department store along Broadway.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023
His bushy moustache and black bouffant hair with a trademark white streak at the front made him one of the most recognisable - and impersonated - stars of the era on ITV.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2023
“Even as the ball rolled into the hole, she would shake her lacquered bouffant in disgust and mutter in her Southwest twang that she didn’t deserve a good score.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2022
There were fashions to look at too, the new sheath dresses, the bouffant hairdos.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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