How to Use bandanna in a Sentence

bandanna

noun
  • Like most Senate Democrats Thursday, Merritt wore a red bandanna as a symbol of union solidarity.
    Jeff Amy, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The group cheered and waved patterned bandannas in the air.
    London Gibson, Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2019
  • Kumlander put the gun, along with a blue bandanna, on the hood of the car.
    Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The ceiling is a Buzz Lightyear board game; the floor is Woody’s bandanna.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
  • He was found with a black gun, a hunting knife, a mask and a red bandanna.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • One was about 185 pounds and wore a white T-shirt, black pants, a red ball cap and red bandanna.
    Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • In the post, Brennan showed the poster and bandanna students sent with him.
    Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The young man’s face is covered, except for his eyes, with a black bandanna and the hood of his coat.
    Elaine Ganley, The Seattle Times, 13 May 2018
  • Milling around was a man in a black-and-yellow plaid shirt, with a bandanna over his face.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Wear a bandanna on your head or tie it around a ponytail.
    NBC News, 24 Oct. 2019
  • His face was covered by a bandanna, and a knapsack was strapped to his chest.
    Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 24 June 2017
  • One of the studio’s ceiling lights floods him in the same blue as the bandanna wrapped around his tri-colored dreads.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Janet was wearing a bandanna tied over her hair, which was almost the same color as the sky.
    Mary Grimm, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • The detectives did not ask for DNA analysis of the blue bandanna found wrapped around the handle of the gun.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
  • Cohn, in a ponytail and a purple bandanna, stood on a concrete fence in the center of the park cheering.
    Jennifer Brown, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2017
  • Her hair is tied up in a polka-dot bandanna, and her right sleeve is rolled up to show off her biceps.
    John Pope, NOLA.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Reynosa’s art was also used for bandannas and hats that will be given away to fans during the game.
    María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • Wearing a white bandanna over his mouth and nose, the intruder led the girl to a love seat in the living room and made her face away from him.
    Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • His crazy hair, as his daughter calls his mop of curls, was sprouting from a bandanna.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The robber, a white man possibly in his mid-20s, wore a bandanna across his face.
    Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2017
  • At the Time 100 gala two months later, Mr. Smalls went with black overalls and a black blazer, along with a bandanna and huge black shades.
    Sebastian Herrera, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Team Ruff wears green bandannas, Team Fluff is in yellow.
    Meredith Blake, sacbee, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The suspects were both wearing black bandannas on their faces.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • He was last seen wearing a black jacket and black bandanna.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Police described the suspect as a man wearing a black shirt, black jeans and a black bandanna.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 14 June 2021
  • After the two men, who were wearing bandannas, left the store, Archer was able to stand up and walk over his coworkers to the office and call 911.
    Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 7 June 2017
  • Lil Pump also managed to work in a bandanna, though his was secured just above his right knee.
    Liz Raiss, GQ, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Hill based his theory on a scene in the movie where an extra can be seen wearing a bandanna.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • But nerves frayed as a smoky haze filled the air from not-so-distant fires, leading some people to wear masks or wrap their faces in bandannas.
    The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Put a bandanna or another cloth over the hole to filter out any bits of charcoal.
    Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018

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