How to Use horsehair in a Sentence

horsehair

noun
  • Judges still wear white horsehair wigs.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Buff it with a clean cloth and brush it again with a horsehair brush.
    — Peter Martin, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2017
  • Bushels of whisk brooms, made of straw and horsehair and boar hair, lie on shelves.
    — Annie Correal, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
  • All this came within a horsehair of never coming to fruition.
    — Lily Templeton, WWD, 15 June 2024
  • Judges and barristers sweat beneath their curly horsehair wigs and black robes.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • But the walls are streaked with water from a leaking roof, and horsehair stuffing spills out of some of the chairs.
    — Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
  • These can be horsehair or boar hair, but top-quality brushes use badger hair.
    — Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Real horsehair fills out the tail; leather forms the saddle and stirrups; agate marbles dot the eyes.
    — Michael Tortorello, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
  • It’s done by hand with horsehair and canvas inside and everything.
    — Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Davis wears is part of Rainey’s glitzy onstage glamour and is paired with a horsehair wig (more on that below).
    — Emma Fraser, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Rubber rots, glazing splits, steel corrodes, horsehair seats crumble to dust.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 10 May 2018
  • Dry brushing, thank you Gwyneth Paltrow, with a horsehair glove or a wooden brush.
    — Ana Morales, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Some wore horsehair wigs to evade suspicion, and disguised themselves as white people.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
  • And yet, once again, Zvyagintsev’s touch is light as falling snow or horsehair on a violin.
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2017
  • The spacious living room, with its horsehair and plaster ceiling and walnut walls, now serves as the club’s banquet hall.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2022
  • After being washed and dried, horsehair is sorted by length and stretched onto a simple wooden frame known as a guanga.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • After being washed and dried, horsehair is sorted by length and stretched onto a simple wooden frame known as a guanga.
    — ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • The wigs, traditionally made of horsehair, are not required in all courtrooms.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 19 May 2024
  • Instead of horsehair once used to help bind such material, González opted for strips of fiberglass.
    — DÁnica Coto, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Anna and her older sister, Maria, sleep in a one-window cell off the scullery barely large enough for a horsehair pallet.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Szymanski designed the red mohair sofa with horsehair fringe and iron buttons.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2025
  • There are also seemingly random — and likely not household — products on the list, like bovine semen and horsehair.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • Materials such as cotton, wool, horsehair and cashmere, on the other hand, breathe well and keep you cool, leading to a better rest.
    — Shivani Vora, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The front of the pads are flat, as is today’s standards, but the printing has peak-and-valley shading that gives the appearance of leather-and-horsehair.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Windy Mesa in Lanesboro features a unique collection of horsehair pottery.
    — Robin Pfeifer, Midwest Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The bed’s foundation features a combination of cotton, wool, flax and horsehair.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Filled in with chinking made from clay and horsehair, the logs were likely covered by slats fairly early on both to protect the wood and to give a more polished appearance.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2020
  • There is also a large selection of vases and urns, highlighting unique textures made from placing horsehair or feathers on hot pottery to leave their mark.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Filled in with chinking made from clay and horsehair, the logs probably were covered by slats fairly early on both to protect the wood and to give a more polished appearance.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The cost for the workshop is $65 and includes the fascinator base and horsehair to create your very own fascinator.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2022

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