How to Use hairpiece in a Sentence

hairpiece

noun
  • From there, the video shows the man getting the hairpiece glued on and styled.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Don wears a hairpiece to cover the scar arcing across his scalp.
    — Brantley Hargrove, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2017
  • The stem that makes up his hairpiece looks too much like hair, but also too much like a stem.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • To get the job, Berman had to agree to be seen without his hairpiece.
    — Mike Barnes, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Hairpieces were clipped to the back of the head; big headbands had hair attached to them.
    — Annie Correal, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
  • His hairpiece is so lifelike that only a good eye could pick it out, and that’s on a bad day.
    — Charley Ross, Glamour, 14 July 2022
  • The hairpiece held back her updo, and allowed for her bangs and a few curly pieces to hang around her face.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019
  • On his first day on set, Tommy pulls off a hat to reveal a bright-red hairpiece.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Tatum, 41, wanted the hairpiece to pay homage to a range of iconic hunks.
    — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The set comes complete with a hairpiece, canvas and painter's palette.
    — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
  • So Jose takes him to a specialist to get fitted with a hairpiece.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Her hair was styled in a half-up, half-down 'do, and her look was accessorized with large gold hoops and a gold hairpiece.
    — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • There are methods that last between six weeks and six months, as well as hairpieces that are only used for one-off styling.
    — Anna Bader, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
  • One of the punches knocked Miller’s head backward and his hairpiece popped upward from the front.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Even Beyoncé got to have her turn with the hairpiece after the show.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Nov. 2016
  • As for hair, her double halo-like hairpiece was the artistic backdrop to her makeup.
    — Essence, 12 May 2026
  • The hairpieces are spaced out so that Kardashian can see each option clearly.
    — Audrey Noble, Allure, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Much of the budget — and a hefty slice of the creative energy — seems to have gone into the dozens of wigs and hairpieces.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 June 2017
  • Then came another jab, and the hairpiece bounced up as if Miller’s scalp was the bottom of a gasping clam.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Thing is, though, the series never addressed whether Silvio wore a hairpiece.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Among the queen's jewels were hairpieces in the shape of the sun and moon, diamond and pearl necklaces, and hat ornaments.
    — NBC News, 28 Nov. 2019
  • To refresh your memory, a closure is a hairpiece that is sewn along the front of a unit that mimics a real hairline.
    — Shammara Lawrence, Allure, 21 Mar. 2019
  • Footage from the ceremony shows that Rih's tied her locks back in a jeweled hairpiece, and her ponytail fell down to her hips.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Aug. 2018
  • After all the stress and panicking, Bowman was proud of the end result for Badu’s hairpiece.
    — Laura Sirikul, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • On set, a hairpiece, makeup and the occasional voice coach had helped Daniels slip into Comey’s dress shoes.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
  • In the past, hairpieces were commonplace, if not mandatory, and the hair plastered with all manner of pomades to give it substance.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The hairpiece was the perfect dedication for what would have been the legend's 96th birthday.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022
  • You will be asked to change into a hospital gown and to remove any hairpieces, eyewear, dentures, hearing aids, and tongue or lip piercings.
    — Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • According to police, Nelson grabbed and pulled the victim’s hair and dragged her across the basement, pulling out her fake hairpiece, and fled.
    — Deborah Kadin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Crafting the Queen’s elaborate hairpieces, ones that every so often tell their own stories, is an art form in itself.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025

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