How to Use bald in a Sentence

bald

1 of 2 adjective

• There's a bald spot on the top of his head.
• There are bald patches in the cat's fur.
• He covered his bald head with a baseball cap.
• All of his uncles are completely bald.
• He had gone completely bald by the age of 30.
• On the ride over, one co-worker passed around a bald cap.
  — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2023
• The agency described the suspect as 6-foot-2, with a bald head and a beard.
  — Nelly Ontiveros Cervantes, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
• He is described as a bald man, about 30 to 40 years old.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
• The area is home to bald eagles, loons and other wildlife.
  — Gary Stoller, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
• Ready to see what Austin Butler looks like as a bald man in space?
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 May 2023
• So this can be brown, blond, curly, thick, straight, red or even bald.
  — Gill Westgate, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• That's Paula Fontana, the bald beauty rocking a hot pink body con dress, on the mic.
  — Chanté Griffin, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2023
• The gangly wood stork, with its long legs and bald head, is none of those.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• Harry is said to have joked that the grass was like his head—bald with patches.
  — Time, 5 Jan. 2023
• This rich tint lasts about a week on the skin (aka, great for those pesky bald spots) and three to four weeks on brow hairs.
  — Women's Health, 9 Feb. 2023
• Ball cap keeping melanoma off the bald spot, sunglasses at the ready on Croakies around the neck.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• Snyder is both broad and trim, with the thick, dark beard that often comes with a bald head.
  — David Ferry, Men's Health, 7 Feb. 2023
• Ringworm of the scalp, which is called tinea capitis, can cause scaly, red bald spots.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
• Freezy has a couple of small bald spots as a little of her fur remained stuck to the ice and snow.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2023
• Johnson said bald eagles can take months to build a nest.
  — Dallas News, 29 Nov. 2022
• The man, according to Russell, had orange hair with a bald spot on the back of his head.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 30 July 2023
• Dad has a trim brown mustache and three wisps of hair that don’t quite cover his bald spot.
  — Jessi Hempel, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
• The inspection may turn up an oil leak, worn out brake pads, bald tires, etc.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
• Pills for an old bald man in a tiny, sour-smelling seventh-floor apartment.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
• Fill in Bald Spots Autumn is also a great time of year to fix any bare, bald spots in your lawn.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
• His signature bald head was covered in faux hair fit for the ‘90s.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• Why does this two-time-Oscar-winning actress want to know so much about the bald host of the hot-wing show?
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2022
• The suspect was described as an older white male, who was bald and had a white beard.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2022
• In Picture a day like this, the child’s death is not explained: as in a fairy tale, the bald fact of loss is announced at the outset and never accounted for.
  — Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 15 Feb. 2024
• Her bald head opens at the back to unveil a disturbing metal cap that hides the whirring mechanics within her skull.
  — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 29 Feb. 2024

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bald

2 of 2 verb

• The tall, thin, balding man with a goatee then left the store.
  — John Benson, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• Pictures show him with long hair to the rear and side of his head but balding on top.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 June 2017
• Young and old greeted him like a rock star—a short, balding rock star.
  — Andrew Ferguson, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2020
• A disheveled, balding man in the lobby, looking at him through the glass door.
  — Stephanie McCrummen, courant.com, 3 July 2017
• Yudkowsky is 43, balding, and with a dark beard and glasses.
  — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• On the stand, Green was an almost shy figure, slight and trim, balding with a thick mustache.
  — Craig R. McCoy, Philly.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Rings of smoke from his Cuban cigar circled Luis Tiant’s balding head like a halo.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 29 Mar. 2020
• The robber is described as a white man, about 50 years old and 5-foot-9 with balding salt-and-pepper hair and a thin to medium build.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 30 May 2017
• To my right, a balding man cog with blue Vans and Ecto-Coolor shades drops to one knee, then slowly collapses to the ground.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• The balding spot on the left side is becoming less noticeable.
  — Lindy Segal, harpersbazaar.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• Childhood flashbacks depict him as a little boy, but with the adult man’s balding mane and beard.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2019
• Salemme’s baggy suits hang on his frail frame, and gray wisps that are slicked back over his balding head replace his brown curls.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2018
• He is described as a slim, black male with balding hair, some facial hair and possibly in his mid-40s.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 27 July 2017
• Police described the man as stocky, balding with hair around his ears, with a short beard and prescription glasses.
  — Javier Panzar, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Kessler was huge: more than 6 feet tall, pushing 300 pounds, balding, his temples speckled with gray.
  — Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2019
• He is described as a balding white male, approximately 30 years old, in a black tank top and jeans.
  — Sarah Gish, kansascity, 26 May 2018
• The place simply had no style or character, the furniture looked old and ugly, the alcoves were murky, and the carpets were balding and frayed.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• The shriveled, balding birds are, after all, best known for a vile, though vital, destruction.
  — Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Starrett, now 49, is a tattooed, balding canary in the coal mine of wellness who has been warning of the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle for a while.
  — Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• The handsome, young Rissman does not at all match the portly, balding, cowardly Harry Strickland of the books.
  — Joanna Robinson, vanityfair.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• Our rug is balding along our daily paths, starkly revealing repetitive routines: back and forth to the coffee machine, to the couch, to the sink, to the couch.
  — Gene Tempest, New York Times, 2 June 2017
• But Mike Toomey is out to change the conversation about balding, fighting to bring what’s already out in the open really out into the open.
  — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2020
• Eilish dressed as a baby with big eyelashes and a pink bonnet, while Rutherford showed off a balding head of gray hair and an old man outfit.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• Loading The handsome, young Rissman does not at all match the portly, balding, cowardly Harry Strickland of the books.
  — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 16 Oct. 2017
• The footage looks unremarkable — a balding man sitting slouched at a video poker machine.
  — David Montero, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• The bearded and slightly balding former boxer appeared in a federal courtroom with a dark blue shirt and tan slacks.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
• And its coach, a burly, balding former goalkeeper named Stanislav Cherchesov who was tasked with getting the team to the semifinals when he was hired two years ago, is now a win away from that goal.
  — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 1 July 2018
• But who is the balding man with the hangdog expression, who now appears to be the most influential North Korean outside the Kim clan?
  — Charlie Campbell / Beijing, Time, 28 May 2018
• The crowd, dominated by other balding, gray-haired white men, gave him a standing ovation.
  — Talmon Joseph Smith, GQ, 30 Aug. 2017
• But on TikTok, men are boldly showing off their balding options.
  — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024