sideburns
Example Sentences
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The real Kiritsis was short-statured with a car salesman’s sideburns; he had the kind of face you only see onscreen during competitive bowling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
The man with unruly hair and sideburns in the centre of them, clad in a black leather jacket, hoisted a roaring chainsaw above his head.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
The fulcrum of a cultural transition from vibrancy to stagnation was the 1970s, an era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
“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
Somehow my dad's seventies sideburns and bushy 'stache didn't deter my mom from wanting to reproduce with him.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
