How to Use headdress in a Sentence

headdress

noun
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  • Roche said a family from the tribe gave the camp a headdress that is on display.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Yet many look past redface or the wearing of headdresses.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 1 Feb. 2020
  • One wearing an elaborate headdress came forward with a huge smile on her face and hugged him.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The two upper figures’ headdresses were once vivid red and yellow, while their faces were painted red and white.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Notably, the oldest woman wore an engraved gold headdress called a calathos.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Swarms of priests decked out in shimmery gold and cream robes, fancy miters, and headdresses poured out of the double doors and paraded down the street.
    — Barbara Noe Kennedy, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2024
  • To top off her look, the Canadian singer wore an instantly iconic Swarovski crystal headdress.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
  • Porter, who is known for his fashion and beauty risks, chose to wow with an over the top structural white headdress from Stephen Jones Millenery.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 25 Nov. 2019
  • With a little digital image enhancement, though, the geoglyph is a solid figure in a tall headdress holding a stick.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The primates were wearing full ceremonial dress, including robes, shoes and a bishop’s miter, or headdress, that was sewn with gold thread, according to the release.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • For a brief period on Saturday and Sunday, my social media feeds were a steady stream of articles with lead photos of fans dressed in redface and headdresses.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Muscara said that images of the Redmen mascot -- a Native American with a headdress -- are portrayed on the sports teams' jerseys and throughout the school.
    — Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, CNN, 14 Jan. 2020
  • In the 1960s, a man wearing a headdress rode the horse.
    — Noreen Nasir, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
  • No need to go back to high school to learn the secret to the hair-roller headdress.
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The tip of the headdress is shaped like a cobra, a feature known as a uraeus.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The statue of Yang Asha stands 216 feet when measured from the hem of her gown to the top of her horned headdress.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The headdress became more elaborate with the gold on top of the head.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
  • As a cow or a woman, Hathor wears a headdress of two cow horns with a sun disc.
    — Lola Méndez, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The goddess wears a headdress featuring a pair of cow horns and a sun disc.
    — Katy Kelleher, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The mother figure wears a steel headdress and stands on a metal box.
    — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Per the statement, the artist arranged the board’s darts in a formation that alludes to a headdress.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2020
  • The serving girl wears the embroidered dress and the turban-like headdress of a gypsy.
    — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2021
  • When the franchise moved to San Francisco, in 1962, the team name remained but the logo changed to a blue headdress.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
  • The 18-year-old wore a Yup’ik headdress, received her first dance fans and was blessed by her grandmother.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2021
  • An African feather headdress and a black-and-white photo of Paris make for an eclectic mix.
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 21 June 2023
  • The birthday girl wore a full-face mask with a giant feather headdress and a black velvet cape.
    — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The cover depicts a blond, fair-skinned man holding up a mask with the face of a Yanomami man in a feather headdress.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Namor ’s right-hand man Attuma, played by Alex Livinalli, wears a fierce headdress that comes from the sea.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The oldest was buried with weapons and an elaborate headdress.
    — National Geographic, 18 June 2020
  • Its headdress — sprouts of branches and birds — has a Tim Burton fever-dream eeriness.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2022

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