cowlick

Example Sentences

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You might be surprised to learn that you can’t comb the hairs flat on a coconut without creating a cowlick.

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023

Jones is an odd strain of rebel — not a slick James Dean clone, but a cowlick that can’t help doing its own thing.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Craig is no different, his hair slicked down in a way that suggests he’s in daily battle with a cowlick.

From Slate • May 16, 2021

His hair swirled out from his cowlick like a fingerprint, as if it were intended, as if it were someone’s design.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2017

“Am I all zipped up? Stocking seams straight? Is my cowlick down?”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee