How to Use nose ring in a Sentence

nose ring

noun
  • Bull has black faux fur, vibrant green eyes and a gold nose ring to match its snout and hooves.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Jill has a nose ring, wears pants, drinks alcohol and has even modeled swimwear.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
  • Proctor, a Black woman with locs and a nose ring, doesn’t fit the old boys’ club bill.
    — Brittney Oliver, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Lovato smiles from ear to ear and then shows off all angles of her face without the nose ring.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The world deserves to see Kit Kittredge lose the side part and get a nose ring.
    — Bella Arnold, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
  • A lot of Emerson students have nose rings, but not as many as have purple or pink hair.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Lesbian women are shown with nose rings and stern expressions.
    — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Off to the side, a tattooed woman with a nose ring is using a forklift to stack pallets.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Turner has a nose ring and may be wearing her hair up in a ponytail, according to the alert.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
  • And noticeably on the child’s nose was a sparkly silver nose ring to match with her rings on her fingers.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Woolfolk pointed out that the man appeared to have a nose ring and a short ponytail sticking out from his hat.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Don’t be fooled by the barbed wire necklaces and stacks of nose rings — Lizz Jardim is a ray of sunshine.
    — Sarah Spellings and Diana Tsui, The Cut, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Her current hairstyle — a spiky platinum blonde pixie — and nose ring also added a punk-rock edge to her look.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Fans now wear gold teeth to the Superdome, fake dreadlocks on their heads, bull nose rings in their septa.
    — NOLA.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The rest of the audience must have just been wondering why this nice old lady has such an awful nose ring.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2021
  • To polish it off, a fun, vintage handbag with a pop of color—nose ring optional.
    — Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 12 June 2024
  • The soldiers grabbed valuables from the women—earrings, nose rings, bracelets and phones, survivors said.
    — Niharika Mandhana, WSJ, 11 May 2018
  • She was last seen wearing glasses with a nose ring and black and purple scrubs, according to police.
    — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 16 June 2021
  • Joanna's nose ring For a hot second, the designer rocked a teeny tiny nose stud!
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 11 Apr. 2018
  • In the photos, the Canadian actor has a nose ring, long hair, and tattoos.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Extracting the nose ring scene was also not an isolated instance.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2026
  • BamBam has neon peach hair for the first time, and JB is giving sparkly grills and a nose ring a go.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 3 July 2019
  • Speaking of jewelry, Katie wore a hoop-style nose ring, which looked incredible!
    — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But Meadow, who sports a nose ring, false eyelashes and purple tips on her jet black hair, saw something more valuable here.
    — Laura Meckler, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The design featured a snap of the blonde star as a teen with a short pixie crop hairstyle wearing a black shirt, nose ring and brown beaded necklace.
    — Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • She was last seen wearing a black tank top, Dickies pants and piercings and jewelry including a nose ring.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The actor kept her brown hair sleek and long over her shoulders, and her only jewelry was a pair of dangly earrings and her hoop nose ring.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In the video, the 35-year-old sported two-tone ombré black-and-gray hair, a nose ring and a now-familiar heart tattoo on her face.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Its exclusively French staff sport man buns, tattoos, and nose rings, and come with a chatty, can-do attitude.
    — Vassi Chamberlain, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Everyone’s metaphorical nose ring heals.
    — Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026

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