How to Use barrette in a Sentence

barrette

noun
Definition of barrettenext
  • Her blond hair was glossy and straight, her bangs held back with a barrette.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • On the side of her head is a barrette just like the ones Martin always wore.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2019
  • His hair and beard are matted and pinned with barrettes.
    — Gogo Lidz, Newsweek, 18 June 2015
  • In the snap, Lucy wears a red and white striped long sleeve, a red bandana around her neck and a black barrette in her hair.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
  • I was paired with Erika, a 12-year-old who wore blue and white barrettes at the ends of her pigtails.
    — Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2016
  • Her long, reddish-brown hair was held back with a barrette.
    — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Her hair, described as long and reddish-brown, was held back with a barrette.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • This silver barrette, shaped like a butterfly, is the chimney to the soul.
    — Talia Argondezzi, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The barrette, which comes in four colors, can be placed just above your elastic to conceal it.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Every woman wore a side part clipped back with a thin resin barrette.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Aubrey Plaza rocked a knife barrette to Wednesday’s premiere of her new horror flick Child’s Play, a remake of the 1988 film of the same name.
    — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2019
  • The runway has reintroduced us to scrunchies and barrettes.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 25 Oct. 2017
  • This barrette is wider and longer than average, with a curved shape that's designed to hold more hair.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The little girl sat on the ground in the snap while wearing a cute purple sweater and two little pink barrettes to keep her curls out of her face.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Braid straight back cornrows into a bun and add barrettes—the more fun and colorful the better.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 16 Jan. 2020
  • No need to have fancy tying skills—a barrette or a clip with a bow, attached to a simple hair tie, will do just fine.
    — Flora Tsapovsky, Southern Living, 17 May 2021
  • Hats are tax exempt; hair accessories such as bows and barrettes are not.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 19 July 2017
  • This past Fall 2019 season, pretty hair barrettes took over the runways.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2019
  • Clip a single barrette or a pair on bangs to keep hair pulled out the face and to add color and personality.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The issue can be addressed by putting a barrette clip, or a sliding clip latch, on the belt itself to keep the latch portion of the belt in position.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 31 May 2023
  • Try covering your head in barrettes or learn to fishtail braid.
    — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 19 Apr. 2020
  • To accessorize, Chopra wore criss-crossing gold barrettes on one side of her head, as well as a gold earring chain cuff and a chunky gold ring.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Her jeans and blue bandana were folded nearly beneath her head, her auburn hair held back with a barrette.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Little girls with brightly colored barrettes in their hair skipped along the sidewalk.
    — Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
  • The style in question features Gerber's hair parted down the middle and tucked behind her ears with a mint green barrette clipped in for fun.
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Throughout the whole day her short bob was pinned back with barrettes, bringing the world another step closer to the butterfly clips of years past.
    — Erika Harwood, Vanities, 12 May 2017
  • Get rid of outdated barrettes and clips and accessories that don’t work or are broken.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 July 2023
  • Aubrey Plaza just made a major splash on the red carpet, all thanks to her simple hair accessory: a knife barrette.
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 21 June 2019
  • Instead of the half-up portion of the hair being pulled through like a small ponytail or secured with a barrette, it's held in place at the base of the headpiece with a braid — very much like a low crown braid only across the back of her head.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Halle Bailey offered a take on the year's fun French, her nails tipped in subtle metallics, opted for an onyx polish job, good oral hygiene (again, maintenance!), cat-eye liner, and an outsized barrette.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023

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