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 | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, 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 | Crobinson@al.com, 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

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