How to Use mullet in a Sentence

mullet

noun
  • The mullet hits at the top of Stewart's spine, all the better to show off the Chanel, of course.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Feb. 2023
  • His hair is a kind of punk mullet—spiky and gray on top, pink and a bit longer in the back.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2018
  • From the mullet, to the eyebrow ring, to the knee brace, no detail is left out.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The clip cuts to star in a golden fringed top and showing off the mullet once more.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 17 Aug. 2022
  • High scores all around for the attempt and the tremendous mullet.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2021
  • At least half the time, when there are mullet on a flat, there are reds or trout, or both.
    Frank Sargeant, al, 31 Oct. 2021
  • But the best part of the Eastern Shore is watching the mullet jump and the sun set over the water at the end of each day.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
  • This guy had a mustache and a mullet and a battle axe and no shirt.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The front pieces of the mullet are a dark brown shade that part down the middle and fall right above her eyebrows.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Right in the center is the group's youngest member, Jungkook, with an ashy blonde mullet.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 14 Mar. 2021
  • This brown shoe and wearing sneakers with a suit should go the way of mullets and Afro Sheen.
    Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2019
  • All of this gives rise to the question: Why is the mullet returning?
    Erin Parker, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Sheepshead are not fond of fish, so cut mullet or menhaden is not a prime choice.
    Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • At the VMAs, his mullet hair had a wet and wavy look, with classic bangs and shortened sides.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 13 Sep. 2021
  • One haircut that is very much de rigueur is a soft, shag-meets-mullet style.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Come to think of it, maybe the mullet is the perfect style for work-hard, play-hard Rihanna.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Remember how the mullet was business in the front, party in the back?
    Elizabeth Loga, Glamour, 13 July 2021
  • The river is packed with bass, breem, catfish and mullet.
    Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Amanda is saying this to a man who walks around the planet Earth with a mullet.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Zendaya's suit at the 2016 Grammys wasn't ~scandalous~, but fans were shocked by her mullet.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 Mar. 2021
  • His prize: The title of best mullet in the nation for his age division and $2,500 in cash.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
  • He’s got a mullet, too — a real humdinger, with stringy long strands in the back that don’t connect in any way with the short mop on top.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
  • This was my Holy Grail—a catadromous, trout-like mullet that lives in the clear rivers that tumble from the mountains.
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 27 May 2020
  • Alas, the mullet lover did not survive, and died with half-sister Max (Sadie Sink) by his side.
    Tim Stack, EW.com, 8 July 2019
  • Someone must have given him the heads up that the ladies are not loving mullets right now.
    Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Lookin like a cue ball and took that beautiful mullet away from us.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Since then, her hair has been bleached to the whitest blonde, chopped into a pixie, and snipped into a mullet.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Eilish isn't the only star who's helping put mullets back on the map.
    Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 6 Nov. 2019
  • But like all hair trends (the shag, the bottleneck bob and the mullet, for example), everything comes back around.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The result was a handful of fishtail braids pinned together and pulled back into a sort of mullet.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024

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