chignon

Example Sentences

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He also throws in an allusion to Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” — cue the blond chignon — that does his movie no favors.

From New York Times

The women’s cheeks are stained with blush, their hair in chignons.

From New York Times

Delicate of frame and strong of stamina, with thick eyeglasses and long corn-silk hair pulled into a chignon, she resembled an unlikely hybrid of the poet Marianne Moore and the golden-age movie star Loretta Young.

From New York Times

Her blond hair was usually ironed straight or pulled back into a messy chignon.

From Los Angeles Times

Gone were her signature black turtlenecks and black slacks; gone the bright red lipstick and blond hair ironed straight as a board or pulled into a chignon.

From New York Times