How to Use barber in a Sentence

barber

1 of 2 noun

• He goes to a barber downtown.
• Moore, the barber, splayed on a bench with his T-shirt pulled over his face.
  — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• The youngster grimaced as the barber fastened the cape around his neck.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 25 July 2022
• Michael Browning has lived around the corner from the barber shop for over 35 years.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
• The house even has on one wall, two framed pieces crafted with Dowie's hair by his barber.
  — Deepa Bharath, ajc, 1 Oct. 2022
• To become a barber, Steven went to school for eight months to get his license.
  — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
• Stephen Mason’s life has been shaped by guitars, barber shears and the Bible.
  — Bob Smietana, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
• Most men are told by their barber to wash their hair every 2-3 days.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• And now, in 2023, the world has a new barber for a new century (ours) and a new locale (also ours).
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
• What makes Fadez on 4th different from other barber shops in the area?
  — Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2022
• Gantt and Porter-Baker are both seen shooting at the victims in the parking lot of the barber shop, the affidavit states.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
• Witnesses said the teen had just left the barber shop and walked outside when someone opened fire on him.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 16 June 2023
• What’s wrong with painting your silo like a huge barber pole?
  — Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2022
• The enemy wore no uniform -- could be a barber by day and a Viet Cong by night.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
• Coffee huts, food stalls and barber shops are open for business even as the power goes off and on due to shortages.
  — Carolyn Colestaff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• The space even has a barber pole hanging outside, but nobody goes there to get their haircut.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• In Endurance, Holmes is in a barber shop, cutting his brother’s hair.
  — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Cuts are provided by stylists and barbers from a number of area shops and salons.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Josh Groban: singer, actor and demon barber of Fleet Street.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2022
• Even people who are more likely to keep their pain to themselves may open up to a faith leader or a barber.
  — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2023
• Then, there were pictures that got leaked of me kissing a woman with a flawless barber fade.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• The eldest Hatton became the first Black barber in Napa and a gold-mine owner.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 3 June 2023
• The musical tells the story of a London pie shop owner and a vengeful barber out for blood.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
• His barber, Max told me later, was a Russian who moved from Siberia to Almaty when the war began in order to avoid the draft.
  — Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• Customers can still find the 1960’s brown leather Theo A. Kochs barber chairs Antonio once used.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022
• So, the church that Ferrari used to go to [San Giorgio] was just across the road, just across from the barber shop—the barber shop in the movie is the one Ferrari really went to.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Dec. 2023
• Her boyfriend, who was a barber at the salon, has also fled, and the separation is taking a toll.
  — Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• While on a Navy ship, Gorzycki started watching the barber on board do his job.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 27 July 2022
• And to hear some of his teammates tell it on Saturday, the metamorphosis began with a trip to the barber.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2023
• Lead barber Victor Paz helped Friend design and execute all the film’s cuts.
  — Faith Cummings, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2022

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barber

2 of 2 verb

• For a man who’s worn the same buzz cut for the last 20 years, Jay Z’s barbering needs can only be described as elaborate.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2017
• HRC could've set up housekeeping in Fond du Lac for four months and it would've been wasted effort if her base voters had their franchise barbered in a dozen ways.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 May 2017
• There are still all kinds of souvenirs and reminders of the two Italian barbers and their customers: postcards stuck into the mirrors, decades of shavers and other barbering gadgetry.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• Rosa had secured a job at the Stockton Sewing Company doing piecework and Raymond was barbering again.
  — Jeanne Theoharis, The Root, 7 Sep. 2017
• Owner Mykhal Goodloe has been barbering for 21 years at Hollywood, which moved to its current location 20 years ago.
  — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2017
• The new Anaheim building, nearly twice as large, will allow students to enroll in new aesthetician and barbering programs that aren’t feasible with their current space.
  — Jonathan Winslow, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2017
• For a man who’s worn the same buzz cut for the last 20 years, Jay Z’s barbering needs can only be described as elaborate.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2017
• HRC could've set up housekeeping in Fond du Lac for four months and it would've been wasted effort if her base voters had their franchise barbered in a dozen ways.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 May 2017
• There are still all kinds of souvenirs and reminders of the two Italian barbers and their customers: postcards stuck into the mirrors, decades of shavers and other barbering gadgetry.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• Rosa had secured a job at the Stockton Sewing Company doing piecework and Raymond was barbering again.
  — Jeanne Theoharis, The Root, 7 Sep. 2017
• Owner Mykhal Goodloe has been barbering for 21 years at Hollywood, which moved to its current location 20 years ago.
  — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2017
• The new Anaheim building, nearly twice as large, will allow students to enroll in new aesthetician and barbering programs that aren’t feasible with their current space.
  — Jonathan Winslow, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2017

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024