How to Use bobby pin in a Sentence

bobby pin

noun
  • Time to restock the bobby pins!
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Sweep all your hair to one side and secure it with bobby pins behind your ear.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 June 2026
  • Clean the tube with soap and water and use it to store bobby pins, medicine, and cotton swabs.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • To create these nails, the artist used five shades of gel polish and a bobby pin to add the shapes.
    — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Then, twist the ponytail into a bun and secure it with bobby pins.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 June 2026
  • Consider hair clips or bobby pins to secure it in place.
    — Elise Tabin, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Plus, its hidden side pockets can stash cords, bobby pins and backup lip balm.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • Start with a creamy cashmere base, then use a dotting tool (or bobby pin) to create the tiny red heart accents.
    — Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Each type of accessory can be purchased as a refill pack, since hair ties and bobby pins aways seem to go missing.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Use small containers or drawer dividers to organize items such as bobby pins, hair ties, and clips.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Organize paper clips, push pins, and cords in your office drawers, and hair ties, bobby pins, and cotton rounds in your bathroom cabinets.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is especially true for anyone who uses drawers to store smaller bathroom items like hair ties, bobby pins, and travel-sized products.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
  • If jars and bottle are taking over your countertops, relocate them to drawers and create a dedicate space for extra toothbrushes and bobby pins.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Many girls bring rush bags from house to house full of the essentials — mints, bobby pins, dry shampoo, hairspray, oil blotting sheets, perfume, fans, portable phone chargers, Advil, floss and deodorant.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
  • At Dries Van Noten, hair artist Olivier Schawalder secured hundreds of shining bobby pins atop models’ heads, occasionally adding golden jewels over the ears.
    — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
  • At the beginning of episode two, viewers see Kate methodically remove the multiple bobby pins holding together her vice presidential hair and sweep them away, signaling an end — at least for now — to Kate’s ambitions to be vp.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025

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