How to Use tress in a Sentence

tress

noun
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  • To find out the best short style for your tress texture, read on here.
    — Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 25 Aug. 2017
  • When Megan wore the dress, her curly tresses were slicked back.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 29 May 2024
  • Do it and find tanned blondes with beachy waves in their tresses.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 31 May 2017
  • After all, the scent of spring's bloom is heavy in the air—why not opt for tresses to match?
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 May 2019
  • Liv picked up part of her wavy tresses and left two long pieces in the front to frame her face.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And a few months later, all the girls are building bird’s nests in their tresses.
    — Anita Gates, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • In front of the mom, fans turned around to smile and high-five the little girl with the blue streaks dyed into her blond tresses.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Then there are curl creams that help define curly and thick tresses.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
  • This is not the first time that Dove has been spotted with purple tresses.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 24 Sep. 2018
  • In that time, female cicadas lay up to 400 eggs, which start in tress then drop to the ground and burrow in for their long wait.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The third Barbie is black with part of her hair in dark cornrows and the rest with flowing blondish red tresses.
    — Shelia Poole, ajc, 2 May 2018
  • The bride left her blonde tresses falling in soft waves over her shoulders.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 4 July 2019
  • Her hair was styled down, with flowers among her tresses.
    — Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2018
  • This curly girl went two-toned with her orange tresses.
    — ELLE, 21 July 2023
  • Her hair's super-easy to pull off, too: just tie your tresses back with a red and white bandana.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The pop star’s tresses, meanwhile, were sculpted by hair stylist Bob Recine.
    — Christy Choi, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Pay attention to where the ducks are, but also pay attention to the tress above.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 6 Jan. 2020
  • He could be seen in the picture applying bleach to her then-brunette tresses.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Here’s how to tailor your approach to achieve clean, healthy tresses.
    — Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Her long blond tresses were styled in soft waves in an effortless half-up, half-down style.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 12 June 2024
  • In the photos, Reign can be seen with his long tresses, smiling and having fun with a horse and tractor.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Go full-on it-girl for prom with icy blonde tresses à la Alix Earle.
    — Jasmine Washington, seventeen.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • That led to the development of a plan on how to best manage existing tress and where to plant new ones.
    — Craig Lyons, Post-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2018
  • For her glam, the star slicked her signature blonde tresses back into a low bun and rocked a bold smoky eye look with a nude lip.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • Right after settling on the dream dress, most brides begin stressing on how to style their tresses come the big day.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Allure, 26 June 2017
  • The third investment would be yard waste containers for parts of the city that have lots of tress and grass, although the city won't require their use.
    — James D. Wolf Jr., Post-Tribune, 5 May 2017
  • All three have chosen to wear their silky blonde tresses down, and smile at the camera while holding a champagne flute.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2024
  • If your clients need to get something off their shoulders (besides their tresses), give them the gift of a willing ear.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Jenner was just seen out and about in New York City last week with her signature dark tresses.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The down-to-earth bride also did her own makeup for the shoot — her gorgeous tresses were handled by her hair stylist, James Pryce.
    — Joyann King, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2010

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