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• He has had a bee in his bonnet ever since he heard about the problem.From the entry bee in one's bonnet
• As the van hurtled towards her, she threw the bag at the bonnet of the van.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry blood-curdling
• Of middling height, with fairish skin and raven dark curls peeking from beneath a stylish bonnet.2004, Leslie Lafoy, The Perfect Temptation. From the entry fairish
• Purple bonnets fringed soft, pink, querulous faces on pillows in bath chairs.1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob's Room. From the entry fringe
• A little Dutch bonnet for the tiny girl is made of Madonna blue broadcloth.1922, The Illustrated Milliner, page 57. From the entry Madonna blue
• But, like all specialists, Bauerstein’s got a bee in his bonnet.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 32. From the entry mare's nest
• She was a little woman, in a bonnet and a black costume.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry nubbly
• Her bonnet was in its third year; it was a great grievance to Annie.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry nubbly
• The clerk stared at him and the rusty black bonnet a moment, and then laughed.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC. From the entry rusty
• Claudia accomplished some shopping in the spirit of perfunctoriness that robs even new bonnets of their bloom.1901, Edith Wharton, “The Recovery”, in Crucial Instances. From the entry perfunctoriness
• Another recent addition to the restaurant's menu is 'Asun', a dish that’s made with scotch bonnet peppers and charcoaled goat meat.2022 July 19, Emma Davidson, “Easy Steps To Cook Pepper Meat”, in Manchester's Finest. From the entry asun
• The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.2003, Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide, unnumbered page. From the entry boot
• The bonnet flipped up and the windscreen shattered.2003, “Soap Bar”, in The Manifesto, performed by Goldie Looking Chain. From the entry blim
• You′d see them all dressed up in their beads and bonnets and looking all flash, going off to the trots.2002, Veronica Brodie, Mary-Anne Gale, My Side of the Bridge: The Life Story of Veronica Brodie as Told to Mary-Anne Gale, South…. From the entry trots
• What about a black one with ridiculously wide chromies, a bonnet scoop and a big block chev under the bonnet?1997 April 22, Nathan Wong, “Chick Magnet's”, in aus.cars (Usenet). From the entry chromie
• The damsel of today carries neither parasol nor bonnet skewer, but that, hasn't cut down the occupational hazards of mashing.1948 June 15, The Southwest Times, Pulaski, Va., page 14, column 1. From the entry bonnet skewer
• Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.1942, Emily Carr, “Characters”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry awfulness
• Dutch bobs show beneath white bonnets and caps.1938, Iowa, a Guide to the Hawkeye State, page 422. From the entry Dutch bob
• Besides, Suzanne had already thrown her bonnet over the windmill.1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors. From the entry throw one's cap over the windmill
• She was formal in manner, and made calls in rustling, steel-gray brocades and a tall bonnet with bristling aigrettes.1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Book 2, Chapter 11, p. 241. From the entry aigrette
• It is a double gauze, bonneted lamp and is of very substantial construction and well suited for a working lamp.1914, R[obert] Y[oung] Williams, H[arvey] E[dson] Smith, Mine Gases and Safety Lamps, Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois, pages 42 and 44. From the entry bonneted
• The mother dressed matronly, in a bonnet and in black, always sat between her two big daughters, firm, directing, and repressed.1906, Gertrude Stein, Three Lives, page 166. From the entry matronly
• But two of the tacks had fallen out, and the effect was now rakish, as that of a drunkard's bonnet.1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7, third paragraph. From the entry dignity
• The most obvious part on a tractor is the tinwork – the nose cone, bonnet and wings: they are out there for all to see.2017, Richard Lofting, Vintage and Classic Tractor Restoration, page 228. From the entry tinwork
• Fans of Nascar will recognise the car driven by Josh Wise, emblazoned, as it is, with the adorable little doge on its bonnet (pictured above).2015 July 23, Dave Lee, “Six times Reddit wasn't completely awful”, in BBC. From the entry doge
• This is from the same school—it’s a long bonneted, rear drive coupe after all—but here the masses are more centralised and better controlled.2015 April 16, Ollie Marriage, “First Drive: Mercedes-Benz AMG GT GT S Premium 2dr Auto”, in Top Gear. From the entry long-bonneted
• Although the modular system made it possible to develop a bonneted cab with relatively little additional effort, there were costs associated with development and production.2007, Olof Brunninge, “Scania’s bonneted trucks”, in Lin Lerpold, Davide Ravasi, Johan van Rekom, Guillaume Soenen, editors…. From the entry bonneted
• In Scottish regiments the Glengarry bonnet was worn by all, while the highland regiments still maintained the kilt as a suitable netherwear for active service.2003, Mike Chappell, The British Army in World War I. From the entry netherwear
• Reader Vivien Bailey also has a bee in her bonnet: “The usage that I detest is the growing use of the word ‘birth’ as a verb.2023 March 5, Jonathan Bouquet, “May I have a word about… being stuck in a permacrisis”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry bee in one's bonnet
• Our maniacal murderess filled a bonnet box and a Gladstone bag with all but the head and the foot of poor Mrs Thomas, and threw them from Richmond bridge.2014 October 5, Matt Rudd, “Scandal! Horror! Homicide! Murders by gaslight”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry murderess
• While waiting for others to arrive, Margaret Scott-Stewart, a big, friendly woman of 55 in a tartan tunic and blue bonnet, smokes Royals and sings 'Charlie Is My Darling'.2009 August 21, Scotland on Sunday. From the entry blue bonnet
• But some of the gathered skirts, with an extra tire of fabric around the middle, looked dustily Yamamoto, with pious allusions to women in bonnets and rustic stoles.2008 February 27, Cathy Horyn, “Not Everyone Spins Their Wheels”, in New York Times. From the entry dustily
• A burly mechanic wheeled in a bright yellow battery charger on a trolley, furtled under the bonnet and gave the car the full benefit of its volts.2005, Carole Matthews, You Drive Me Crazy, →ISBN. From the entry furtle
• One necessary fashion item for the dutiful sans-culotte, for example, was the red cap (bonnet rouge), which was alleged to recall the cap worn in Antiquity by emancipated slaves.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 454. From the entry sans-culotte

Meaning of bonnet

1. noun A type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects.
2. noun A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
3. noun A mushroom-shaped satin cap with an elastic headband used to protect kinky hair, especially while sleeping.

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How do you use bonnet in a sentence?

Bonnet is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He has had a bee in his bonnet ever since he heard about the problem.”

What is a short sentence with bonnet?

“Dutch bobs show beneath white bonnets and caps.”

What does bonnet mean?

Bonnet means a type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects.