How to Use hair spray in a Sentence

hair spray

noun
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  • Be sure your hair is clean and free of hair spray or gel.
    — USA Today, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Mist a 1- to 2-inch section with hair spray for hold and start to glide the iron down the hair.
    — Amber Kallor, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Finish with your choice of a shine spray and light hair spray to keep the look in place.
    — Kristin Corpuz, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2019
  • But don't break out the bobby pins and hair spray just yet.
    — Neha Prakash, Allure, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Next to the scissors are hair sprays and dyes, brushes and beard oils.
    — Kaya Laterman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • To achieve the look use a curling iron and finish with a spritz of hair spray to set the look in place.
    — Wendy Sy, Allure, 28 July 2022
  • There are no bottles of hair spray on the washroom’s counter.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Step 6: Finish the style using a light hold hair spray.
    — Hallie Gould, Marie Claire, 10 Apr. 2014
  • If hair is longer, start the process on dry hair and firm the pomade with a hard-hold lacquer hair spray.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
  • For hair spray, spray the stained area and let sit for 15 minutes, then rinse and place in the washing machine.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 25 Feb. 2020
  • At first glance, the product looks kind of like a bottle of vintage hair spray.
    — Kristie Dash, Allure, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Philipps had her bright blonde hair sprayed brown, while Williams wore a sequined black dress and a long blonde wig.
    — Megan Johnson, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The ladies’ rest room features a red couch shaped like a pair of lips; tall cans of aerosol hair spray are arranged by the sinks.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 May 2020
  • Got hair spray from pound shop right with all Halloween stuff ....Spray it on thought yeah looks ace that.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 2 Nov. 2018
  • For hard-to-curl hair, spray a little hair spray on it prior to curling it.
    — Jennifer Manfrin, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Spray a clean toothbrush with hair spray, and brush upward to hold eyebrows in place.
    — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Finish with an extra strong hold hair spray to keep bangs frizz-free all day.
    — Allure, 18 Dec. 2017
  • To maintain your sleek style throughout the day, spritz your hair with an extra-hold hair spray.
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Ladies would perch on spinning chairs in a cloud of hair spray while rows of bonnet dryers hummed over the chatter.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 7 July 2021
  • Each girl wore her black uniform and sported the team hairstyle, a low bun gleaming with hair spray.
    — Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Bats Day May Each spring since 1999, armies of Goths have piled on the hair spray, pale makeup, and black garb before dragging their bodies to the park.
    — Los Angeles Magazine, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The truck includes Branded Hair Co. products like edge control, hair spray and more.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2022
  • The spray works as a triple threat — equal parts dry shampoo, texturizing spray, and hair spray, so this is the perfect time to stock up on the 3-in-1 product.
    — Kelsi Zimmerman, Allure, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Hardy said his brother-in-law Dale Warner told him that his wife left on April 25 with a travel bag, a phone, a curling iron and hair spray.
    — Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • With just flexible heat protectant hair spray, Cole was able to shape the hair, before locking in the strands with a high hold spray.
    — Akili King, Essence, 16 Jan. 2024
  • It’s early evening on a Tuesday in December, and the humid bathroom smells of Aqua Net hair spray.
    — Kelly Meldrum, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The best part would be standing out there by himself, miles from this sardine can with its warring smells of perfume, sweat, and hair spray.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Just make sure to use a strong-hold hair spray, like Aquage's Finishing Spray, to reach maximum levels of sleek.
    — Grace Wade, Health.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Then, flip your hair forward, misting a little hair spray or dry shampoo at the roots, James suggests.
    — Wendy Sy, Allure, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Kneeling on the ground, Ms. Sacks untied the bags with a gloved hand and, using her iPhone flashlight, pulled out her haul: Tresemmé hair spray.
    — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022

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