bun

Example Sentences

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On it was a cartoon likeness of a smiling, winking chef with a face shaped like a hamburger bun and, in big red letters, the word “McDonald’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The teen is wearing black glasses and braided hair styled in a bun with blue highlights.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Undo the tight, slicked back bun and bring in halo dyed hair, dark eyeliner and the piercing she did herself on the inside of her upper lip.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

You cut the hot cross bun, you cut the sausage up, put it in the hot cross bun, then put ketchup, then close the hot cross bun.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

But with the bun tucked under, the waves, and a side part, the style resembled a marcelled bob.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu