How to Use bobby in a Sentence

bobby

noun

• The bobbies in Glasgow had been watching Slater for months.
  — The Economist, 7 July 2018
• White bobby-sox, part of the high school uniform, glinted on the girls’ ankles.
  — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
• Apply eyelash glue to false lashes with the tip of a clean bobby pin.
  — Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 13 Feb. 2017
• Then, deeply part the front and take the section of hair to the left of your part, braid it, and wrap the loose ends in a pin curl, bobby-pinning them into place.
  — Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 25 Aug. 2017
• Enter Lilla Rose, founded in 2008, which offers fun and functional hair clips, pins, bobbies, hairbands, and hair sticks.
  — Arricca Sansone, Woman's Day, 24 June 2017
• Pankhurst and her fellow activists were known for their militant tactics, such as smashing windows and assaulting police officers, so the chances of us seeing Meryl sock a bobby are pretty high.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 3 June 2015
• Sentimental buccaneers and bumbling bobbies will share the stage with an eccentric major general.
  — Tom Titus, latimes.com, 31 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024