How to Use kerchief in a Sentence

kerchief

noun
  • Rushing around with a white apron tied around my waist and a red kerchief on my head.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The men wore good suits, some with a neat kerchief poked into a breast pocket.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Keep your hair out of your face and look cute while doing it with a floral kerchief.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Lidia covered her hair with a kerchief and tucked her bag in her armpit to keep its contents dry.
    — Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
  • For dessert, there are crepes folded like kerchiefs and diner-style waffles.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2016
  • Then one of them helped herself to the $110 in gold in the kerchief wrapped around his leg.
    — James Karst, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
  • He was dressed in jeans, plaid shirt adorned by a sheriff’s badge, cowboy hat and boots and a kerchief around his neck.
    — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The Western look is finished off with a pink neck kerchief and a pair of white and gray cowboy boots.
    — Nicola Fumo, EW.com, 12 July 2023
  • The singer appeared with a kerchief slung around his neck and folks clustering around him with little room to spare.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The singer appeared with a kerchief slung around his neck and folks clustering around him with little room to spare.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The teen wore a black suit and blue bow tie and matching blue kerchief, but kept the look modern with a pair of bright white sneakers.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 June 2023
  • Bo, complete with a blue kerchief with an image of a Metro Police badge on it.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Wearing colorful kerchiefs, blouses, skirts and aprons, the women sat on one side across from the men.
    — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 4 June 2023
  • Maybe your Fair Isle sweater will be topped off with ski goggles and a colorful hair kerchief?
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2021
  • An older guy in his corporate uniform of blue button down and black dress pants wiped a bead of sweat off his brow with a kerchief.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 21 June 2018
  • Chachu clears his throat, his attention drifting to my braids, one over each shoulder, then to the green kerchief tied behind my bangs.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • In the basement, members with colorful kerchiefs tied around their heads bag nuts and spices, price cuts of meat, and chisel blocks of cheese.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Some of them are wearing pink or chartreuse fuzzy overcoats and five-year-old ankle-strap shoes and have their hair up in pin curls underneath kerchiefs.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
  • An elderly woman in kerchief and apron spread a cloth on the sidewalk to display a few scallions and bottles of milk and yogurt.
    — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • An elderly woman in kerchief and apron spread a cloth on the sidewalk to display a few scallions and bottles of milk and yogurt.
    — Frances D’emilio, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The soup’s cloudy beef broth obscures noodles and kerchiefs of meat waiting just below the surface, with salt and green onions and gochugaru close by for seasoning .
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • To make the mask, the actor says to start by laying out your kerchief face down on a flat surface, folding down the top and bottom halves to meet in the center of the fabric.
    — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 3 Apr. 2020
  • If yes, instead of knotting your bandana headband below your hairline, tie the ends in the back so the top of your head is fully covered with the rest of the kerchief.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
  • LaTray, 47, wears a long black braid over her shoulder, silver hoop earrings, vest and kerchief, and square-toed cowboy boots.
    — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Surveillance footage shows the robber, who wears a black kerchief over part of his face, walk into the donut shop about 30 seconds into the video and pull out a gun.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Rihanna wore a long brown leather coat and orange kerchief for their meeting, while Rocky wore a black textured bomber jacket, black jeans, and a trucker hat.
    — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2021
  • His look is finished off with a white cowboy hat and matching white cowboy boots — plus a hot pink neck kerchief, just like Western Barbie's.
    — Nicola Fumo, EW.com, 12 July 2023
  • Instead, Lloyd Palmatier, a gray-haired man wearing a black face mask and a white kerchief tied around his neck, shuffled down the steps to greet the pair.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The students would assemble, tying kerchiefs around their mouths; the police would pounce; and the tear gas would eventually drive the protesters back.
    — Susan Chira, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2016
  • For machanka, hunks of rib, shoulder and a peasant-style sausage made in-house are left to commune in a pot for hours and presented with draniki or kerchiefs of blini, the better to soak up the stew.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2018

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