How to Use pigtail in a Sentence

pigtail

noun
  • Who says adults can't wear pigtails?
    — Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Steve was kind of like the kids in grade school and the boy pulling your pigtails.
    — Jason Scott, Billboard, 30 June 2018
  • Start by pulling medium- to long-length hair into high pigtails.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 28 Aug. 2023
  • My mom was ready to start a new life with her daughter, dressed in pigtails.
    — Angeli Gabriel, National Geographic, 10 May 2019
  • The teen opted for pigtails — quite the change from the pink buzz cut just weeks ago.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • And along that sidewalk came a girl about my age, her long brown hair in pigtails like mine.
    — Deborah Mead, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Everyone talks about her pigtails and that smile and the cheeks.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • At a restaurant one evening, a man and a young girl in pigtails walked over to my table.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
  • With her light hair pulled back in pigtails, the subway songstress started singing again.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Beside him is a woman in an abaya holding hands with a small girl in pigtails.
    — Alex Perry, Newsweek, 10 June 2015
  • Because a bully can get their way pulling pigtails on the playground.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The girl’s hair is in pigtails, secured with what appear to be pink ribbons.
    — Dave Thomas, ajc, 22 June 2017
  • Get two identical scrunchies and style your hair in high or low pigtails for a youthful look.
    — Daria Smith, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Sterling had her hair in two pigtails and crouched down to get at her brother's eye level.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • This style features pigtail braids that look like floating French braids.
    — Dory Zayas, Parents, 26 July 2024
  • Rio wears auburn pigtails, bold red lipstick, glittery makeup and clear high heels for the show.
    — Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • His dark curls spill out of the bottom of his helmet and sometimes poke like pigtails out of vents on top.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Raggedy Ann-like pigtails streaming from anime fans.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Twist your pigtails from root to end, then wrap the twist around your elastic and secure it with bobby pins.
    — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 5 Sep. 2018
  • Next, tie your hair — or a blonde wig — into two pigtails and color the ends with wash-out pink and blue hair dye.
    — Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And her hairstylist killed it once again with her latest look, which is a fun mix of space buns and pigtails.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Wrap one pigtail over the crown of your head and pin in place, and leave the second dangling over one shoulder.
    — Maureen Choi, Marie Claire, 16 June 2017
  • The other, described as a black female with pigtails wearing a pink shirt, was last seen on foot.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Pull your hair into two pigtails high up on your head, making sure to smooth any major bumps along the base of your head.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Dec. 2018
  • The rapper's hair was parted very deeply to one side across her forehead and pulled into two long pigtails.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 June 2024
  • Brooklyn adorably squinted at the camera in her gray Raiders dress, with her hair done in pigtails.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Mitchell held court in pigtail braids, chic sunglasses and a floral silk shirt that billowed in the canyon winds.
    — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • The daughter has been spied skipping down the halls of the sixth floor sporting an old-fashioned dress and pigtails.
    — Verna Gates, al, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Starr’s thanks to her hair show-worthy half up ‘do and Madison with pigtails and hair bobbles.
    — Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Wendy's mascot, named Wendy, is a redhead with her hair styled in two pigtails, each with a blue bow at the end.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 June 2026

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