How to Use bobby in a Sentence

bobby

noun
  • The bobbies in Glasgow had been watching Slater for months.
    The Economist, 7 July 2018
  • White bobby-sox, part of the high school uniform, glinted on the girls’ ankles.
    Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Apply eyelash glue to false lashes with the tip of a clean bobby pin.
    Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Then, deeply part the front and take the section of hair to the left of your part, braid it, and wrap the loose ends in a pin curl, bobby-pinning them into place.
    Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Enter Lilla Rose, founded in 2008, which offers fun and functional hair clips, pins, bobbies, hairbands, and hair sticks.
    Arricca Sansone, Woman's Day, 24 June 2017
  • Pankhurst and her fellow activists were known for their militant tactics, such as smashing windows and assaulting police officers, so the chances of us seeing Meryl sock a bobby are pretty high.
    Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 3 June 2015
  • Sentimental buccaneers and bumbling bobbies will share the stage with an eccentric major general.
    Tom Titus, latimes.com, 31 May 2018

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