How to Use pigtailed in a Sentence
pigtailed
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Like Scheherazade telling stories to save her own life, the pigtailed scuba diver must convince the shark that there are better things to eat than herself.
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Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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When Jeff reads the votes, the pigtailed frontwoman lives to rock another day, while Nicole’s torch falls victim to the season’s first snuffing.
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Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Imagine the Disney logo without the castle, or Wendy’s without the pigtailed redhead, or Starbucks without its green mermaid.
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Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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For Good marks the arrival of Dorothy Gale, the pigtailed heroine played by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
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Mekishana Pierre,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Wednesday Season 3 has added Paris, France to production, with the titular pigtailed protagonist pictured standing in front of the Eiffel tower.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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The farm vehicle belonged to our turbaned Sikh host, Jagroop Singh, and his family; joyful relatives joined us onboard, including Singh’s gleeful children and 5-year-old pigtailed niece.
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Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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And its pigtailed protagonist — to many, as recognizable and beloved a horror villain as Freddie Krueger or Jason Voorhees — is little Rhoda, whose mother (Nancy Kelly) discovers over the course of the film is actually a murderous sociopath.
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Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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