How to Use hairline in a Sentence

hairline

noun
  • The plate had a hairline running across it.
  • He has a receding hairline.
  • The figure’s full hairline earned a wink from the father of three.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Measure about an inch back from the hairline and part your hair all the way down the side of your face from there.
    Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2020
  • The star’s head has gone white over the past 10 years, though his hairline has held valiantly.
    Washington Post, 25 July 2019
  • How to use: Apply one to two pipettes on clean damp or dry hair along the hairline.
    Sam Peters, ELLE, 31 Jan. 2023
  • This isn't the first time Prince William's hairline has made headlines.
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Remnants of that day — a scar from the front of her hairline to the middle of her head — remain.
    Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Customers take tracings of their heads and hairlines then send them to the team.
    Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2019
  • To get the look, ask for long layers with a bit of shagginess around the hairline and ears.
    Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 25 July 2022
  • Like the rest of the forehead area, your hairline may break out due to stress or poor sleep hygiene.
    Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 17 June 2023
  • Her bangs were cut all the way up to her hairline, and one whole side was cut short, while the other was left longer.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Scarlett set the ponytail in 2-inch curls, along with the section of hair at the hairline that was left out.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • An X-ray after the game showed a hairline fracture to his pinkie.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2021
  • That led to a hairline fracture of his hamate bone in his left hand.
    Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Here’s the best way to zone out and sprout some new hair—or hang onto your youthful hairline all the longer.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • Using a small amount, start on the apple of the cheek and blend upward toward the hairline.
    Nicole Blades, Good Housekeeping, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Her baby hairs were swooped and looped along her hairline.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 10 July 2023
  • On days three to five of symptoms, a blotchy rash often forms at the hairline before spreading to the rest of the body.
    Joe Murphy, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • At Miu Miu, a thin headband was worn across the hairline with a clean side part and ultra-sleek lenghts.
    Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Don’t forget sensitive places like the hairline, ears, and around the eyes.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 5 May 2023
  • Mattel did not forget to add swoops and loops along the perimeter of the doll's hairline for the laid baby hairs.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Mar. 2023
  • After 3 or 5 days, a rash begins with flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 27 Jan. 2024
  • DiMeo received the donor's entire face, from his hairline at the top of his forehead to the bottom of his neck and ear to ear.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2021
  • The rash usually starts as flat, red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward.
    Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
  • The rash usually lasts five to six days and begins at the hairline, moves to the face and upper neck, and proceeds down the body.
    Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 3 June 2019
  • Doctors sliced open Ayres’s skin above his right ear, carving an arc over the top of his head and down to his hairline.
    Allyson Reedy, The Know, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The pro painted babylights around the client's hairline and did the balayage technique throughout the rest of her hair.
    Elizabeth Denton, Allure, 3 May 2019
  • Think: double-winged with an outer line reaching straight into the hairline.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The handsome visage that’s on full display in Apple’s Sugar has been replaced with a scared face, receding hairline, and a beak nose.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024

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