How to Use coiffure in a Sentence

coiffure

noun
  • Along with Weir’s coiffure, the breakout star at Pyeongchang has been Liz Swaney.
    David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The mogul even walked the carpet with hair slicked back, perhaps as an homage to Elvis’ coiffure.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 May 2022
  • Maybe my eyes just drifted to his coiffure since there wasn’t a lot of cha cha to enjoy.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Consider Snake Bait, whose coiffure consists of a trio of vipers.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • On the plus side, Carlson, at his wife's urging, can now get a haircut since his lucky coiffure has run out of magic.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But bear in mind, too, the poem’s other point: A louse may be burrowing in anyone’s coiffure, even our own.
    New York Times, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Like a wry little echo chamber, the curls of paper showcase curls of hair in the same spectrum of tones common to both coiffures and photographic prints.
    Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
  • And while the dress and coiffure combined to create a sense of sleek opulence, the makeup took the look to levels positively regal.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2021
  • And for Vogue's December cover story, Styles emerges from a cyclonic year with a sleek coiffure, a style as unruffled as the star himself seems to be.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2020
  • But even the smaller details dazzle: Clouds gather in the sky like marvelous plaits of hair, and Nin’s coiffure sometimes rises like heavens.
    Jacob Brogan, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
  • In Xinjiang, Chen wore his thin, jet-black hair in a precise coiffure, and travelled with a security detail brought with him from Tibet.
    David Remnic, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Rihanna wasn't the only attendee bringing her coiffure A-game.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Adele Scalia, who grew up in the tropics, said good hair days for her curly coiffure help make a normal Washington winter tolerable.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2019
  • At the top, take note of the bas-reliefs of dancing girls, each with a different and complicated coiffure, and then head over to the windows for some pictures of the landscape, still mostly tourist-less at this hour.
    Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
  • In addition to the unmistakable color scheme, each of the dancers had their hair braided and beaded a la the sisters’ ’90s coiffure, and the venue was the sight of the athletes’ earliest successes.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2022
  • While such glowing self-assuredness is the ultimate goal of any fresh coiffure, the issues of race and culture that weigh on hair like a tacky pomade don’t just vanish with a good shampoo.
    Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2018
  • Gotti, who died in prison 2002, likewise had a little glamour with his fondness for cameras and his carefully swept-back coiffure.
    Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • Bolt, in a blazer and black pants, hair styled in a boyish coiffure, was escorting an A-list celebrity through the tower’s subterranean corridors.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • The star himself is known for not being afraid to look a bit tousled with his coiffure, which is why Potion No 1 complements his wavy soft hair rather well to nail a slightly unruly, disheveled look.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The images of hands praying over the President's distinctive coiffure caught fire on social media.
    Daniel Burke, CNN, 13 July 2017
  • The super stepped out on the pink carpet with her usual shoulder-skimming style switched for a shellacked coiffure, chic enough to seamlessly subvert all the extra above-neck moments.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 May 2019
  • That antagonist was played by actress Selena Gomez, who appeared in a black wig and dark makeup that some said was quite similar to Perry’s coiffure and look at the time.
    Michael Gold, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • Though this could pose challenges to the president’s security and coiffure, that’s what extra Secret Service (and stylist) details are for.
    Steve Irsay, Orange County Register, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Here, the legendary coiffure provides an inside look at the inspiration behind each of his sculptural creations.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 20 July 2017
  • The musicians’ hair have been done up in era-appropriate ringlet-featuring coiffures.
    Amos Barshad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The Patterson Park resident used to decorate her hair with bee pins up the side, adding hairpieces to make her coiffure cascade several inches from her head.
    Brittany Britto, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2017
  • From the workshop of the 15th-century painter Pisanello comes a sheet with five drawn of heads of young boys, each with a distinctive coiffure, and each ready to be, basically, Photoshopped into a painting.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Sanchez appears quite intrigued with Soto’s coiffure, Soto with the shirtless Sanchez’s svelte midsection.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Blending in, however, turned out to be a whole lot harder than my coiffure choices and a tolerance for bathrooms devoid of toilet paper.
    Sara Lieberman, Allure, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Her youthful style had given way to matronly suits, sensible shoes, quaint hats and an immutable, immovable gray coiffure.
    Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022

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