topknot

Example Sentences

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Haring limned his oval head, the topknot above a receding hairline, a pair of prominent ears and eyes staring out from behind black-rimmed eyeglasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Part of it was his pop star look, including platform boots and a mane of long, wavy hair with a topknot.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

His topknot had just been cut off as a forfeit for losing out on a challenge to a colleague at the direct sales company for which he worked in 2018.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022

Pulling by the topknot: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proclaimed that “North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles” in defiance of the U.N.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2019

Her blue flannel shirt was threadbare and old, and her silky blond hair was up in a topknot.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart