sideburns

Example Sentences

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An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

In May 2024, Obeng’s supervisor sent him home to shave his sideburns and then return, according to the filing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

This new Oasis scene seems to feature fewer blokes with sideburns, baggy nylon football shirts and those loud burps that follow swiftly-downed cans of Carling.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

“Lauren is sure she doesn’t know what Gladstone’s sideburns looked like. What did Gladstone do? How racist was he? Does she have a problematic cat? This is perhaps not her most pressing issue.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

His straw hat was slightly tilted to the right and he had long, dark sideburns that were trimmed and came down to the middle of his square jaw.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez