How to Use tuft in a Sentence

tuft

1 of 2 noun
  • A tuft of hair stuck out from under his hat.
  • They’re marked by tufts of hair.
    — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • No trees, no hills, not even a tuft of grass.
    — AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
  • These clouds have small tufts at their tops with a ragged base.
    — Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Plants form a dense tuft of stiff grass-like foliage.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • Wrap the bottom edge of each ear around the ear tuft and hot-glue.
    — Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
  • All that was left was a scattering of blood and a few tufts of fur.
    — Susan Koch, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There’s the distinctive blond tuft, combed over.
    — Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 28 May 2026
  • The stage was strewn with tufts of white tulle and a chair covered in knotted rope.
    — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
  • Pry back his underwear band and there’s a tuft of fuzzy hair in his butt crack.
    — Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2020
  • What doesn’t look good are tufts of grass and weeds popping up between the small rocks.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • There were small, feathery tufts of it strewn about the studio’s bright-green floor.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Their tails are ringed, with a white tuft at the tip, and act as a rudder as a cheetah runs.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • In some carpets, the tufts of yarn are spaced much more densely than in others.
    — Kevin Brasler, Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • The spot contains just a jumble of limestone rocks, bricks and tufts of grass.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • By then, Byrne was gone, a tuft of white hair whizzing toward the horizon.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Zuck warned me to aim carefully through my scope and pick a tuft of hair on the deer’s side to shoot at.
    — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2020
  • That’s because most of them have little scale tufts on their wings, which are slightly curved or curled.
    — Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Just do us a favor and trim your tuft down a touch before displaying it to the world.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Frogs hop from grass tufts and float motionless, only their eyes above the water.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Referring to the ear pattern, hot-glue a faux fur ear tuft to the inside of each ear.
    — Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
  • And instead of French braids, the climber sprouted a single brown tuft of hair.
    — Sam MacIlwaine, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025
  • They are often recognized for their short, stubby tail and the tufts of fur on their cheeks.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Whitefish salad prickling with chile and festooned with great tufts of cilantro.
    — Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The fluffy insides are sealed up to prevent any stray tufts from popping out and hanging around on cheeks.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Wispy tufts of hair on the top of their heads give them kind of a punk look, and their fur is the color of Brie.
    — Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Farhan Farooq, a skinny 13-year-old with a tuft of black hair, was the youngest.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2019
  • That explains the tufts of green foam rubber protruding from portions of the ship.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Claw marks score the aspens at heights above my head, tufts of fur from the enormous bears who left them snagged by the peeling bark.
    — Cassidy Randall, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
  • There are a few tufts of green, a few of red, weeds growing out of reach from the estuary’s saltwater.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019

tuft

2 of 2 verb
  • Tufted booths and a walnut and marble bar give the space an intimate vibe.
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2017
  • With beautiful details, like a tufted back and retro rolling losange arms, the furnishing looks good in any room.
    — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Across from the dining room table, a wine bar area with a long, black loveseat tufted with rhinestones stands next to a pink chair draped in a black scarf.
    — Madeleine Winer, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The seat cushion on the Walmart sofa is also tufted, unlike the West Elm couch.
    — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 8 Oct. 2018
  • Its six Orange County locations carry mattresses made of chemical-free materials that are hand-tufted and stitched by craftsmen.
    — Marshak, Orange County Register, 15 May 2017
  • Upholstery can often be outside the realm of the average DIYer, with complicated pleats, tufting, seams, and finishes best left to the capable hands of professionals who have mastered the craft.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 4 Sep. 2019

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