How to Use turban in a Sentence

turban

noun
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  • Men were forced to grow beards and wear a cap or turban.
    — Sher Jan Ahmadzai, The Conversation, 22 July 2021
  • There was a young man who wore a turban and a soft bushy beard.
    — Celeste Ng, Bon Appétit, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The cool, clean contrasts of her white turban and dark clothes make the portrait one of Ray’s finest.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Lewanai Agha, 76, in a white scarf and turban, looked on from the edge of his orchard as Mr. Amiri boxed his pomegranates.
    — Taimoor Shah, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2020
  • The 5-to-8-meter-long turban, or pagh, is wrapped over the patka.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2023
  • One of my new favorite things is this hair turban from Aquis.
    — Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Some faces were obscured by the turbans Sikhs wear as a symbol of their faith.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2018
  • In the Sikh religion men are required to wear the turban.
    — CBS News, 11 May 2018
  • Prince, still wearing the gold turban, then chucked the cardboard into the back of the truck themself.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 June 2021
  • The turbans, Cooper said, obscured the faces of many those who traded blows.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
  • After the ugliness of the past day-and-a-half--Obama wears turban!
    — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The woman wears a turban, with the rifle held above her right shoulder angled toward the top of the frame.
    — Emmanuel Iduma, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The serving girl wears the embroidered dress and the turban-like headdress of a gypsy.
    — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The turban, worn as a symbol of faith by Sikh men, has long been one of the most misunderstood facets.
    — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • In Hightstown, the turban of a Sikh student was set on fire by a classmate in 2008.
    — Melanie Burney, Philly.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Grab a hair turban twist, old towel, or throw an old t-shirt over your pillow case and sleep with the mask overnight.
    — Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2018
  • Weeks later, Williams was in her makeup chair at 8 A.M., wearing a turban and a black robe.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
  • But in order to serve in the U.S. military, rules state that Singh would have to cut his hair and remove his turban.
    — Henry Quindara, USA TODAY, 22 June 2021
  • Headscarfs and turbans that can protect your beachy 'do and save you from sweaty hairlines.
    — The Editors, Marie Claire, 6 June 2019
  • The photograph shows a 29-year-old Trudeau wearing a turban and robe with dark makeup on his hands, face and neck.
    — Dylan Bouscher, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Before going live, the host, who wore a turban and a black Mickey Mouse shirt, sat on the set scrolling through his phone in silence.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Keeping it unshorn and tied up in a turban is a key tenet of his religion.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 27 May 2021
  • Parker had on a turquoise turban and a gold Alta Moda dress.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • These turban-shaped squash store well into late winter and are buttery-sweet and satiny when baked and mashed.
    — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The Aquis turban, which comes in five different colors, is just $30.
    — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Across the road, Jagjeet Singh, a burly man with a large fanny pack and a light purple turban, churns a hefty pot of milk coffee from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Tignon is a piece of cloth specifically worn as a turban.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 4 May 2022
  • Many Sikhs wear a turban and do not cut their hair or shave their beards as an outward commitment to their faith.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Her father, who wears a turban, was the president of a local Sikh temple in South Carolina.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Men in the faith are easily recognizable since many wear colorful turbans that hold up their uncut hair and have long beards.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024

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