He plucked a hair from his arm.
There are dog hairs all over my coat.
The hair on her arms is blond.
He has a lot of hair on his chest.
He got his hair cut last week.
He has a thick head of hair.
a balding man who is losing his hair
He won the race by a hair.
He was a hair off on the count.
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On the stroll around the streets of Paris, Georgia exchanged her baby pink beret for a baby pink hair bow headband.—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024 Instead, Roth made his Borderlands look like the video games that the franchise repudiated in the late aughts, with Blanchett’s hair standing out even more amid the drab settings.—Allegra Frank, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024 Use mousse For grit and hold, King also recommends using a hair mousse.—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hair
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English hǣr; akin to Old High German hār hair
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of hair was
before the 12th century
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