pompadour

Example Sentences

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The report shows images of the judge sitting on the bench while donning an Elvis wig with his signature black pompadour and sunglasses.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

We were close enough that I could smell the pomade coming off that immaculate pompadour.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

He looked dapper for his first appearance in a mint green suit and shirt, but donned a blonde pompadour wig and “Death Rock” T-shirt for a second appearance as Beavis with Day’s buck-toothed Butt-Head.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

The “boneco,” as such giant puppets are known in Brazil, wore a bedazzled disco-era turtleneck and suit, with a black pompadour, a la John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever.”

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2024

She looked real pretty in a new black and white striped wrapper, and instead of having her hair pulled back in a plain knot, she had done it up for church in a pompadour.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns