cornrow

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Recent Examples of cornrow The multitude of braided protective styles available (like stitch cornrows, passion twists, Fulani braids, and boho braids) turn switching up your hairstyle into a choose-your-own-adventure game. Kiara Byrd, Allure, 31 Oct. 2024 This unlikely duo would make for an easy DIY, with some cornrows and chains for him then a blond bob and pearls for her. Brooke Staggs, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024 Whether cornrows and braids, bantu knots, loc-ing, press and curl and sew-in weaves, and more, to have afro hair is to know and understand a very specific language of beauty that is entirely different from the practices of European and Asian hair. L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024 Another user claimed that even though cornrows were a style option, not all stylists could braid afro hair. Sheilla Mamona, refinery29.com, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cornrow 
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Noun
  • To go with her white Gucci slip dress, with crystal spaghetti straps and girly bow detail, Fanning wore her hair in a voluminous pigtail style that looks time-warped right from the 1960s.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The actress also wore a retro bouffant with pigtails, channeling ’60s style icon Brigitte Bardot.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But if factors combine and point to a change either now or in the summer, the queue of admirers and options for a fresh challenge are only growing.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Also reportedly in the queue for vetting: Ron Rivera, Thomas Brown, Brian Flores, Todd Monken, Kliff Kingsbury and Joe Brady.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In his recent arrest photo, Williams’ hair is in long dreadlocks and a scar on his nose is clearly visible.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
  • At a news conference Sunday, Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks described the gunman as 19 or 20 years old and 5 feet 7 inches, with short dreadlocks.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 18 June 2024
Noun
  • The braiding works brilliantly, transporting the reader to perilous seas in the golden age of steam, and a daring and dangerous rescue mission.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
  • With all the time needed for the yeast to rise, the braiding of the bread, more rising, and then of course the baking and cooling, a babka isn't the easiest treat to make.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024

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“Cornrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornrow. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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