How to Use balaclava in a Sentence

balaclava

noun
  • This balaclava is great for those extra chilly days on the slopes.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Nicholas showed up wearing a balaclava, gloves, and two pairs of long johns.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • For slightly warmer days where a balaclava might be overkill, these masks will do the trick.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2023
  • It can be worn like a balaclava or a neck gaiter, or any number of other ways.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Longer gaiters can be tied up into a beanie or wrapped around the bottom of your face as a balaclava.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
  • What balaclavas and bonnets were to winter, skull caps are to spring and summer.
    — Jalil Johnson, Refinery29, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In the last six months, there’s been no bigger winter trend than the balaclava.
    — Nadia Ebrahim, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2022
  • One of them has fashioned a sinister balaclava out of his cap and neck gaiter.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The man is wearing a balaclava, gloves and a backpack.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The man was wearing a balaclava, gloves and a backpack.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • His face was covered with a balaclava.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The video shows the suspect dressed in all black with a balaclava mask covering his face.
    — Lorraine Taylor, Fox News, 30 May 2022
  • The hood features a balaclava that’s great for when wind hits your face and thumb holes on the sleeves keep it from rolling up your arms.
    — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The snow whirls in my face, needles of ice find gaps in my goggles, beneath the edge of my balaclava.
    — Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Given that, they sport helmets, race suits, race boots, team balaclavas, gloves and jerseys on-the-track.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Dozens of women dressed in black clothes and pink balaclavas had gathered outside the pavilion.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • The shiny blue star is the clear focal point of the piece, but the hood is a play on the popular balaclava trend.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Overnight, a balaclava or winter hat can keep heat from escaping through your head.
    — Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Archie and his friends put on their balaclavas to threaten the mob families, even going so far as to blow up their cars.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The gunman, wearing a black balaclava and armed with two weapons, then killed himself.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Masks were a strong theme, of the balaclava nature as well as the face jewels of a maharaja.
    — Booth Moore, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • What is the difference between a neck gaiter and a balaclava?
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The balaclava’s wool-polyester blend keeps you warm even in wet conditions and wicks away moisture from your mouth and nose.
    — Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The rapper can be seen wearing a green puffer, a stylish balaclava and a dash of gold jewelry on his wrists.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Wear a hat and gloves, of course, along with a neck gaiter or balaclava on very cold days, and don’t forget eye protection.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • My balaclava has been an essential for staying warm this month.
    — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
  • At some point, the balaclava covering my face slipped out of place, exposing an inch of skin.
    — Neil Shea, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The victim’s mother said the crooks all wore balaclava masks and attacked her son from behind.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • To finish the outfit off, hot glue cardboard ears to a headband or balaclava.
    — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2022
  • This balaclava is made of polyester and spandex, giving it enough stretch for comfortable all-day wear.
    — Karthika Gupta, Parents, 11 Jan. 2024

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