How to Use tuft in a Sentence

tuft

noun
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  • A tuft of hair stuck out from under his hat.
  • The horned owl has pronounced ear tufts and a brown bring on the body.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Wrap the bottom edge of each ear around the ear tuft and hot-glue.
    — Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Clothes moths, on the other hand, have tiny tufts of hair. 2.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
  • The stage was strewn with tufts of white tulle and a chair covered in knotted rope.
    — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
  • In early spring, tufts of pale leaves burst from gray bark.
    — Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Farhan Farooq, a skinny 13-year-old with a tuft of black hair, was the youngest.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Their tails are ringed, with a white tuft at the tip, and act as a rudder as a cheetah runs.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Zuck warned me to aim carefully through my scope and pick a tuft of hair on the deer’s side to shoot at.
    — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2020
  • There were small, feathery tufts of it strewn about the studio’s bright-green floor.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The spot contains just a jumble of limestone rocks, bricks and tufts of grass.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • Hot-glue two feathers to the back of the egg, and add a smaller feather tuft to the top of the egg for a head accent.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • McFee looked down at the dusty ground and touched the toe of his boot to a tuft of golden-brown grass, which was shriveled to a crisp.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Pry back his underwear band and there’s a tuft of fuzzy hair in his butt crack.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Puppies were playing at her feet with a tuft of fake hair.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • In some carpets, the tufts of yarn are spaced much more densely than in others.
    — Kevin Brasler, Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • Referring to the ear pattern, hot-glue a faux fur ear tuft to the inside of each ear.
    — Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Based on the cats' sizes and tufts of facial fur, called ruffs, Crowley says both lynx in the tree are likely males.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2018
  • But their age is starting to show: Their beards, the black tuft of whiskers on their chest, continue to grow longer.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Each plate is anchored by a tuft of radish that Mr. Amchok pickles for a week.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Just do us a favor and trim your tuft down a touch before displaying it to the world.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Just like 68-year-old Collins had back in the mid-‘80s, the baby has a small tuft of hair on the top of his head, and also shares the drummer’s big blue eyes.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Claw marks score the aspens at heights above my head, tufts of fur from the enormous bears who left them snagged by the peeling bark.
    — Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd, sent a messenger to request a lock of hair, and a tuft was clipped from the head for her.
    — Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Baja-style tacos, built from fried shrimp or fish, sport the telltale squiggles of mayo and the curly tuft of cabbage.
    — Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • From the ground, passers-by catch just a tuft of tail and the bottom of a paw; from inside the building, shoppers see a giant nose.
    — Amisha Padnani, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Children made and used the adorable owls, which included a spot just right for a tuft of feathers atop the head, around 5,000 years ago.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Dec. 2022
  • They are often recognized for their short, stubby tail and the tufts of fur on their cheeks.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2018
  • With a tuft of chin beard, and the dark wardrobe of a 1990s hacker or a fan at a Rush concert, Mr. Nilsson has lived in Tokyo on and off for about a decade.
    — Bradley Hope, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
  • That explains the tufts of green foam rubber protruding from portions of the ship.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2019

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