How to Use cowlick in a Sentence

cowlick

noun
  • No amount of combing could tame the stubborn cowlick in his short hair.
    — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2019
  • There are still a few viable branches; leaves bunch like cowlicks at their tips.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Got hair thats super fine, kinky-curly, damaged, or full of cowlicks?
    — Jessica Teich, USA TODAY, 1 May 2018
  • Hochman has thick brown hair, with a disobedient cowlick in front, and large brown eyes.
    — Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Their branches stretch in all directions like unruly cowlicks.
    — Maggie Heyn Richardson, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Even the angles and directions of a patient’s part line and cowlick differ.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Jones is an odd strain of rebel — not a slick James Dean clone, but a cowlick that can’t help doing its own thing.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • If your hair is prone to cowlicks, Knight suggests sleeping with a headband on to flatten your bangs out.
    — Allure, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Families pile in with kids decked out in their Sunday best — bows in their hair, fluffy dresses, cowlicks gelled down.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
  • As with any bang hairstyle, don't allow your hair to air-dry at all out of the shower to prevent frizz and cowlicks from forming.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Jan. 2018
  • For several years, my hair had been flat, the cowlick too pronounced, the texture different.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2020
  • With new wisps, bangs, cowlicks, and an ever-changing length, growing out a pixie cut can be a major hair challenge.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Teen Vogue, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Sprite has a cowlick mop of Peter Pan-ish hair, for a nonbinary Chucky look.
    — Libby Gelman-Waxner, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Her first step involves smoothing down a cowlick at the back of her head using a spray bottle of what appears to be water and following up with a blow dryer.
    — Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Nobody wants to be staring at themselves, focused on that cowlick or wondering whether your concealer is hiding that awful stress pimple on your chin.
    — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Earlier this year, at Miu Miu’s fall 2023 show in Paris, some of the models wore underwear as outerwear; many had frizzy hair and cowlicks.
    — Nick Haramis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Waking up in a new city relatively rested (massive cowlick inevitable) without much effort or doing in the journey allows for a seamless continuation of the adventure.
    — Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
  • As for styling them yourself, Maine recommends blow-drying them immediately after washing with a small round brush or using your fingers in a side-to-side motion, in order to prevent separation and cowlicks.
    — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • My mornings are spent in a pressurized stress tornado of breakfast-making, diaper-changing, snack-assembling, bottle-warming, lunch-packing, teeth-brushing, cowlick-taming, sock-finding, car seat-strapping, and van-driving.
    — Zachary Przystup, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025

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