How to Use hairdresser in a Sentence

hairdresser

noun
  • Charleen, a hairdresser at the time, sold the seafood in their new shop.
    — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • There was a son, a grandma, and one was a gay hairdresser with a fat suit.
    — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
  • But let’s not, innocent gay hairdressers, get lumped up with the gangs.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Because most of those people are not hairdressers.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • One day, my aunt took me to the hairdresser and gave me a curly perm as a birthday present.
    — Charlotte Mensah, Essence, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The ones that need new cuts or colors are carted off to her hairdresser.
    — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 18 May 2018
  • This gave her time to leave the hairdresser and get safely into bed at home.
    — Christine Kenneally, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Catherine’s hairdresser had saved up for three years to book a six-month round-the-world trip.
    — Marisa Bate, refinery29.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • And the hairdresser came up with the same hair style as Grace Jones.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
  • His grandmother was a hairdresser who shared space in the shop.
    — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Her boyfriend was a hairdresser who worked in Harajuku.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Norma, a hairdresser, wore clothes like a movie star and gave her daughter perms.
    — Stephanie Hayes, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • My aunt Colleen Owens, who was my hairdresser at the time, came up with that look.
    — As Told To Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2021
  • The easiest way to do that is to go all out and head to the hairdresser for a new hair color.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 21 June 2019
  • Only his hairdresser, some players and much of the media seem to know for sure.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
  • The blood drained entirely from the body of the hairdresser as if a vampire had tapped her like a keg.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Quackenbush, who was working as a hairdresser, woke up the girls to get ready for school.
    — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 Sep. 2017
  • That said, hairdressers say the style has evolved over the years and now has a looser definition.
    — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 14 May 2025
  • My hairdresser pulled out some masking tape, stuck it to the bottom on the inside and zipped it back up.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Tony Judt was the son of a hairdresser who grew up above the salon where both his parents worked.
    — Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Live music was popular for the hairdressers — and acoustics don't sound great in a flat, square room.
    — Linh Ta, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The hairdresser, then 25, had her career at the forefront of her mind.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Should have done this last weekend, before the races… Thank you, kind hairdresser.
    — Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 1 July 2024
  • The hairdresser and the rabbi stopped coming to the building.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Both the hairdresser and the customer would need to wear a mask during the appointment.
    — Al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Fanoos, Moradi’s 42-year-old wife, works odd jobs as a hairdresser.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, latimes.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • My mom’s a hairdresser from Long Island.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The hairdresser does this a few times, and clearly doesn't have to use much force—the new mom sitting in the chair doesn’t even flinch.
    — Jackie Frere, Redbook, 7 Dec. 2017
  • The niece, a hairdresser, was a single mother of a boy, Amir, 4.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Once a white vendor e-mailed me, asking about a Black hairdresser and makeup artist for a client.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2021

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