How to Use hairpiece in a Sentence

hairpiece

noun
  • Instead of covering up one’s entire head with a rug, barbers now aim to meld a hairpiece with the strands that remain, providing a more natural and seamless appearance.
    John Ortved, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
  • From there, the video shows the man getting the hairpiece glued on and styled.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 30 Oct. 2017
  • To get the job, Berman had to agree to be seen without his hairpiece.
    Mike Barnes, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Hairpieces were clipped to the back of the head; big headbands had hair attached to them.
    Annie Correal, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Tatum, 41, wanted the hairpiece to pay homage to a range of iconic hunks.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The stem that makes up his hairpiece looks too much like hair, but also too much like a stem.
    Joan Niesen, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Don wears a hairpiece to cover the scar arcing across his scalp.
    Brantley Hargrove, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2017
  • The hairpiece held back her updo, and allowed for her bangs and a few curly pieces to hang around her face.
    Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019
  • Much of the budget — and a hefty slice of the creative energy — seems to have gone into the dozens of wigs and hairpieces.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 June 2017
  • His hairpiece is so lifelike that only a good eye could pick it out, and that’s on a bad day.
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 14 July 2022
  • Her hair was styled in a half-up, half-down 'do, and her look was accessorized with large gold hoops and a gold hairpiece.
    Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The set comes complete with a hairpiece, canvas and painter's palette.
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
  • At various times, Mr. MacLeod donned a hairpiece to play Capt.
    Washington Post, 29 May 2021
  • Even Beyoncé got to have her turn with the hairpiece after the show.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Nov. 2016
  • Among the queen's jewels were hairpieces in the shape of the sun and moon, diamond and pearl necklaces, and hat ornaments.
    NBC News, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Just below her on the screen, Alfre Woodard, in a gray hairpiece of her own, threw shade and spun tales from the old country — Sicily.
    Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Pepitone was a Brooklyn native, the first big leaguer to wear a hairpiece, and served time in prison after running afoul of the law in the mid 1980s.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • My hairpieces from Lelet NY were even larger Georgian stars.
    Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2019
  • Footage from the ceremony shows that Rih's tied her locks back in a jeweled hairpiece, and her ponytail fell down to her hips.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Aug. 2018
  • According to police, Nelson grabbed and pulled the victim’s hair and dragged her across the basement, pulling out her fake hairpiece, and fled.
    Deborah Kadin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The hairpiece was the perfect dedication for what would have been the legend's 96th birthday.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022
  • For star Margot Robbie alone, Primorac used 18 wigs and 30 hairpieces to transform her into the most famous doll in the world.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The hairpieces are spaced out so that Kardashian can see each option clearly.
    Audrey Noble, Allure, 24 Jan. 2020
  • On set, a hairpiece, makeup and the occasional voice coach had helped Daniels slip into Comey’s dress shoes.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Thing is, though, the series never addressed whether Silvio wore a hairpiece.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2021
  • To refresh your memory, a closure is a hairpiece that is sewn along the front of a unit that mimics a real hairline.
    Shammara Lawrence, Allure, 21 Mar. 2019
  • In the clip, her friend held up the curled blonde hairpiece, which also came with its own wig cap, as Lambert wondered why on earth she was sent an item that wasn't in her order.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In the past, hairpieces were commonplace, if not mandatory, and the hair plastered with all manner of pomades to give it substance.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 29 Jan. 2018
  • On the way to buy a hairpiece at Wig's by Joan in Ypsilanti, a witness said Beineman got a ride from a guy on a blue motorcycle.
    Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • Her jewelry, hairpiece, corsage, purse and even her French manicure were all made from Duck Tape.
    Wzzm-Tv (grand Rapids), Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018

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