How to Use bobby pin in a Sentence

bobby pin

noun

• On pristine bathroom vanities, little jars fill with cotton rounds and bobby pins and hair elastics.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2024
• The bobby pins could symbolize O’Neill’s role in 2023: to serve in an unfussy way.
  — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
• Which side of the bobby pin faces the scalp and which faces up?
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 16 Mar. 2021
• Criss-cross two bobby pins in the back to hold the headband in place.
  — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 4 June 2019
• But don't break out the bobby pins and hair spray just yet.
  — Neha Prakash, Allure, 25 Oct. 2019
• Wrap a hair tie around your phone and clip bobby pins to it.
  — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2017
• Twist them around each other and bobby pin to the back of your head.
  — Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2018
• For better grip, flip the bobby pin over so the wavy side is against your head.
  — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 19 Dec. 2018
• Secure one sock at the top of your head with a claw clip or bobby pins.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
• After that, pin the braided ends of the French braids with bobby pins.
  — Anna Bader, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2023
• This dreamy bobby pin set is the gift that keeps on giving.
  — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Nov. 2022
• Use a bobby pin or pin curl clip to secure the hair in the roller if needed.
  — Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2021
• Hold the top section, pull it across the back of your head and secure it with a bobby pin.
  — Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 5 Aug. 2022
• Then go forth and find all those bobby pins that are scattered around the floor of your room.
  — Elisa, Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2015
• Then, take the second bobby pin and bend it at the fulcrum to make one long, straight piece.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2018
• In May 2020, Skipper set out with this idea: trade a bobby pin for a house.
  — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2022
• Mistake #8: Trying to put all your hair in the bobby pin.
  — Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2015
• Channel the look with a set of resin bobby pins that are just large enough to tuck back and secure bangs.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
• Use the widened bobby pin to secure the node directly into the soil, pinning the stem to the dirt.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• Stash a mini can of hairspray and a few bobby pins at the bottom of your purse.
  — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2018
• Use a hot glue gun to attach crystals, beads, and pearls to bobby pins.
  — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2017
• Stick this end deep into the key slot and use the protruding part of the bobby pin as a handle.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• Goody, which has been part of Newell since 1993, makes hairstyling products such as bobby pins, hair ties and combs.
  — Jaewon Kang, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• So, picking the right bobby pin for the job is important.
  — Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping, 26 Aug. 2015
• Here's how to copy her simple updo: Make sure to have 5-10 bobby pins on hand.
  — Redbook, 8 Apr. 2014
• Then unbend and flatten the second bobby pin to make one long, straight lock pick.
  — Kevin Dupzyk and Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2020
• Then, unbend and flatten the second bobby pin to make one long, straight lock pick.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• Divide your hair into two sections, wrap one around the base of the ponytail and pin it with a bobby pin.
  — Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 5 Aug. 2022
• Insert a bobby pin into your hair with the ends toward your face to conceal the pin.
  — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 12 Dec. 2017
• Twist your pigtails from root to end, then wrap the twist around your elastic and secure it with bobby pins.
  — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 5 Sep. 2018

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024