How to Use scalp in a Sentence

scalp

1 of 2 noun
  • Cut marks on the skull show where the scalp was opened up, the first step in the procedure.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The bear then got ahold of Galante’s hair and scalp and started pulling.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Vaughn said a lot of Black men can have diseases of the scalp and hair.
    Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
  • What are the benefits of tea tree oil for your hair and scalp?
    Sam Peters, ELLE, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Then, apply bleach one inch away from the scalp, and work down the hair section.
    Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Jan. 2023
  • First, the skin on your face is more sensitive than the skin on your scalp.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 11 July 2023
  • This shampoo has saved me from an itchy, dry, flaky scalp!
    Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The man was treated at Methodist for a 1.5-inch cut that was bleeding on his scalp.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, dandruff isn’t good for your scalp or hair health.
    Lacey Muinos, Health, 20 June 2023
  • His dark hair reached his shoulders, the sides braided close to his scalp.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And the best way to combat that is by nurturing your scalp.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In 2015, a machine caught the hairnet of an Ohio worker and ripped off part of her scalp.
    Photographs Kirsten Luce, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The only thing this kit doesn't do is massage your scalp during the rinse.
    Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Below, read about the seven best braid sprays for itchy scalp.
    Annie Blay, Allure, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The benzene-free formula leaves no white residue and won't clog the pores on your scalp.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023
  • With the seasons changing my hair and scalp have become a bit dry.
    Akili King, Essence, 13 Dec. 2023
  • It can even be used as a pre-shampoo treatment to hydrate the scalp.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
  • His head had been shaved, and a layer of white fuzz was growing back over his scalp.
    Oliver Whang Andres Serrano, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Hair oil also works great to use for post-wash hair and scalp treatments.
    Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping, 10 Feb. 2023
  • For the most part, my hair and scalp were relatively healthy.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The knock cut and bloodied Contreras’ scalp, forcing him out of the game.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • This combo is made the clean and moisturize your scalp and hair.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps his scalp just needed some air for a few weeks.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Rosemary oil, tea tree oil and bisabolol join forces to soothe and balance the scalp biome for healthy hair.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • On the other side of the coin, men with a more oily scalp may only be able to tolerate it once a week.
    Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Work it into the scalp to get a nice foam coverage through your crown down to the bottom of your hair.
    Jess Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, your scalp might feel dry and itchy, Dr. Marcus says.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Most men can find a shampoo to help with dry scalp, oily hair, curly hair, or low-volume hair.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • So basically, applying SPF on the scalp with a focus to the part is not a step to be skipped.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Reavey recommends weekly scalp treatments to remove build-up on the scalp, ensuring the microbiome stays balanced and clean.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024
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scalp

2 of 2 verb
  • Some members of the tribe were scalped by the attacking warriors.
  • The boy’s head was scalped and a piece of his skull was detached.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2023
  • It had been scalped — the fur and skin was removed from the top of his head, part of his neck.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2017
  • The body, lying on its back, had been scalped, with an ear cut off.
    Patrick Springer / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 6 July 2019
  • But most of the blood loss had occurred, Ribe saw, because Kasian had been scalped.
    Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Think about trying to scalp the bird with your pellets to make a clean kill.
    Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Those folks tend to live off slicing and dicing you and the best way to do that is to scalp you at every turn, not drive BTC to the moon.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Mower blades set at four inches will not scalp the lawn.
    Washington Post, 8 June 2019
  • Then screams filled the theater—as moviegoers glimpsed faces and scalps scythed open by shrapnel.
    Michael Cannell, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Then screams filled the theater—as moviegoers glimpsed faces and scalps scythed open by shrapnel.
    Michael Cannell, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • An abortive knife cut on the back of Ringo's head only indicates that someone had a notion to scalp the corpse (and thought better of it).
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2021
  • And the optics of scalping a Native American certainly wasn’t lost on me.
    William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • But YellowHeart doesn't try to get rid of scalping completely.
    Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Then Hannah and two other captives took their revenge by killing and scalping their captors.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The group of fans involved had openly encouraged scalping prior to purchasing the tickets off of the Old Lady.
    SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • On its base was a shield, surrounded by a musket, bow, arrows, tomahawk, and scalping knife.
    Barbara Cutter, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Kirana and his brother stepped in as middlemen, acquiring tickets by the fistful from airline clerks and scalping them to the crowds.
    New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Her perverse way of making human connections is to drug and scalp the occasional customer — and then to wear their hair like a wig.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Gov. John Kasich has issued warnings about a budget shortfall in Ohio which could tempt politicians to scalp services in chunks to balance the budget.
    Cincinnati.com, 17 May 2017
  • The mother said her child had a severe head scalping injury and has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the lawsuit alleges.
    Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2018
  • But some Native Americans say that today, the term conjures up images of the early white settlers who scalped the heads of their ancestors and sold the skins to the government for a bounty.
    Katie Toth, Teen Vogue, 19 Dec. 2017
  • That may be cold comfort, since some tickets were reportedly scalped for far more than their initial price, and fans traveled from as far away as Australia and Europe to attend.
    David Z. Morris, Fortune, 22 July 2017
  • Russia has made World Cup scalping punishable by a fine for individual sellers of up to 25 times the ticket’s face value.
    Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • At ground level, the bathroom near Jon Favreau’s office boasted the building’s only shoe-polishing machine, the kind that looks like two Muppet scalps attached to opposite ends of a stick.
    David Litt, Time, 19 Sep. 2017
  • When someone scalps a ticket, that money is being lost from the industry so it's less money spent on future shows, merchandise, streaming, food and beverage at the venue.
    Karen Bliss, Billboard, 17 May 2018
  • It’s formulated for all hair types, balances scalp pH, and aids in preventing breakage by strengthening fragile strands.
    Kaleigh Fasanella, Women's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But scalp psoriasis — a common condition characterized by thick, red scaly patches of skin that can cover the entire scalp and be chronic — is arguably the most painful and inconvenient of them all.
    Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 29 Mar. 2018
  • State and federal militias hunted, killed, and often scalped Native Americans.
    David Treuer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
  • Zenger was hired from Illinois State to fix an athletic department that was still reeling from the firing of football coach Mark Mangino and an embarrassing ticket scalping scandal.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2018
  • The report also concluded the officers did not racially profile two black men accused of scalping tickets to a Loyola Ramblers' basketball game.
    Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, 21 June 2018

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