wig

Example Sentences

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I remember sitting in a wig salon in Richmond as the owner, Amy Holt, gently brushed though my tangled hair as it was falling out in large lumps.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

"With a wig and a moustache," he chortles, while wearing the sort of sheepskin coat that even Del Boy might have rejected on taste grounds.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Mr. Tirola takes us back to Bernstein’s New England childhood, his father a “tyrant” who had emigrated, alone, from a Russian ghetto and found success in the hair and wig business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

He said Ortiz, who was arrested in a vehicle with a rifle, ammunition and a disguise -- a wig -- had behaved in a manner that was "extremely dangerous."

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Tío Pepe said the Marquis de Sade put on his powdered wig and morning jacket while he was locked up.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez