bonnet
Example Sentences
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Officers later located the car near his home, with significant damage to the windscreen, bonnet and front bumper.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Depending on your mood, you might continue with Royal Red shrimp served raw with dots of fermented Scotch bonnet pepper and a dusting of spiced red hibiscus flower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
She’s on a mission to create an all-white lace look, complete with a bonnet, puffy sleeves and feathers, for her own creative fulfillment.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
But even that was merely funny, whereas Carrie’s bonnet made me scream "Why?!" at my TV.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025
In such conversation an hour was soon gone: Bessie restored to me my bonnet, &c., and, accompanied by her, I quitted the lodge for the hall.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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