How to Use kerchief in a Sentence

kerchief

noun
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  • Then one of them helped herself to the $110 in gold in the kerchief wrapped around his leg.
    — James Karst, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
  • Rushing around with a white apron tied around my waist and a red kerchief on my head.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
  • One features a black Labrador dog with a red kerchief tied around its neck.
    — Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The men wore good suits, some with a neat kerchief poked into a breast pocket.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Keep your hair out of your face and look cute while doing it with a floral kerchief.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 31 Jan. 2023
  • He was dressed in jeans, plaid shirt adorned by a sheriff’s badge, cowboy hat and boots and a kerchief around his neck.
    — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The teen wore a black suit and blue bow tie and matching blue kerchief, but kept the look modern with a pair of bright white sneakers.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 June 2023
  • The singer appeared with a kerchief slung around his neck and folks clustering around him with little room to spare.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 5 Dec. 2020
  • In 1989, for example, the brand removed the kerchief from the Aunt Jemima figure.
    — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 17 June 2020
  • Maybe your Fair Isle sweater will be topped off with ski goggles and a colorful hair kerchief?
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Wearing colorful kerchiefs, blouses, skirts and aprons, the women sat on one side across from the men.
    — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 4 June 2023
  • In the basement, members with colorful kerchiefs tied around their heads bag nuts and spices, price cuts of meat, and chisel blocks of cheese.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Instead, Lloyd Palmatier, a gray-haired man wearing a black face mask and a white kerchief tied around his neck, shuffled down the steps to greet the pair.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2020
  • For dessert, there are crepes folded like kerchiefs and diner-style waffles.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2016
  • Today, old ladies wearing kerchiefs and crocheted skirts navigate the road with canes and a slow step.
    — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
  • To make the mask, the actor says to start by laying out your kerchief face down on a flat surface, folding down the top and bottom halves to meet in the center of the fabric.
    — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Layer a beige dress over a striped long-sleeve tee and pair of white tights, slip on black Mary Jane ballet flats, and accessorize with a blue striped kerchief.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 22 June 2023
  • Who doesn’t love seeing a dog wearing a jaunty kerchief?
    — Christine Hayes, USA TODAY, 25 June 2020
  • Surveillance footage shows the robber, who wears a black kerchief over part of his face, walk into the donut shop about 30 seconds into the video and pull out a gun.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • An older guy in his corporate uniform of blue button down and black dress pants wiped a bead of sweat off his brow with a kerchief.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 21 June 2018
  • Chachu clears his throat, his attention drifting to my braids, one over each shoulder, then to the green kerchief tied behind my bangs.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Andy Daily, 50, a longtime sand sculptor from Sarasota, Fla., secured an ice pack to the back of his neck with a kerchief.
    — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • An elderly woman in kerchief and apron spread a cloth on the sidewalk to display a few scallions and bottles of milk and yogurt.
    — Frances D’emilio, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • LaTray, 47, wears a long black braid over her shoulder, silver hoop earrings, vest and kerchief, and square-toed cowboy boots.
    — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Put a Scarf on It Scarf dressing has emerged as a major ready-to-wear trend, but the idea of turning a silk kerchief into a seasonal must-have doesn’t end with your dress.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Some of them are wearing pink or chartreuse fuzzy overcoats and five-year-old ankle-strap shoes and have their hair up in pin curls underneath kerchiefs.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
  • For machanka, hunks of rib, shoulder and a peasant-style sausage made in-house are left to commune in a pot for hours and presented with draniki or kerchiefs of blini, the better to soak up the stew.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The blue kerchief wrapped loosely around the model’s neck is actually a take on the little red scarves of the ’60s Chinese school uniform, worn under the reign of Chairman Mao.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 4 July 2018
  • On the early morning flight from Albuquerque to Boston, the captain was wearing a pink tie, and a pink kerchief was peeking from the pocket of his uniform.
    — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2013
  • Rihanna wore a long brown leather coat and orange kerchief for their meeting, while Rocky wore a black textured bomber jacket, black jeans, and a trucker hat.
    — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2021

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