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• She wears her hair in braids.From the entry wear
• Braid it together, tie it to the window bars, and twist.2017, Rachel Caine [pseudonym; Roxanne Longstreet Conrad], Ash and Quill, New York, N.Y.: Berkley, →ISBN, page 34. From the entry unseat
• She French braided his forelock, and wrapped white tape around the bottom of each thick braid.2012, Caroline Akervik, A Horse Named Viking, page 87. From the entry French braid
• He pulled a stray wisp of hair from the thick braid that reached her waist.2010, Jennifer Maruno, Warbird, Napoleon Publishing, →ISBN, page 85. From the entry scissor
• I follow her into the kitchen to watch her knead and braid the dough.2010, Haya Leah Molnar, Under a Red Sky, →ISBN, page 251. From the entry cozonac
• She has threaded rags through her hair, tying it in two Pippi Longstocking braids.2009, Rachel Shteir, Gypsy: the Art of the Tease, Yale University Press, page 140. From the entry Pippi Longstocking
• We’ve developed ways to use that to braid the multi-line tether structure that we’re testing in space.2007 April 16, Rob Hoyt, Nell Boyce (reporter), "Space Tethers: Slinging Objects in Orbit?", Morning Edition, National Public Radio…. From the entry Victoria's Secret
• I would give him some thugged-out braids, a wife-beater, a pair of jeans, and penny loafers.2005 August, Amy Phillips, “Q&A Missy Elliott”, in SPIN, volume 21, number 8, page 24. From the entry next-level
• The straight edge of the lace comprises ajoure fabric with inserted braid.2004, Dana Veselská, Laces from the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague, page 104. From the entry ajoure
• Medium size cornrows going back with a curl at the end of each braid.2003, Darcel Turner, Dana Dances on Paper. From the entry baby hair
• She's dressed exactly like Faith, her hair winched into the same yellow braids.2002, Monica Wood, Secret Language. From the entry afterbite
• The soldiers wore képis with bright gold braid; their uniforms were blue.1994, Hubert C. Johnson, Breakthrough!: Tactics, Technology, and the Search for Victory on the Western Front in World War I, Presidio…. From the entry képi
• We were on for lemonade braids at 3:30.2018, Traci B, Savior and Brittani: A South Dallas Love Affair. From the entry lemonade braids
• Learn how to do killer blowdrys, make beautiful braids, create amazing updos for special occasions, and a host of other looks.2016, Style Your Hair (Try It!), London: DK, →ISBN, back cover. From the entry blowdry
• A thick braid of wires hangs from his left temple.2013 December 9, Amy Standen, “Epilepsy Patients Help Decode The Brain's Hidden Signals”, in NPR. From the entry temple
• She looked a lot like Miralissa, except that her hair wasn't gathered into a braid, but a long tail.2012, Alexey Pehov, translated by Andrew Bromfield, Shadow Blizzard, Simon & Schuster, page 175. From the entry orcess
• Shoulder-length, curled hair was ideal, although some women would wear braids tied with rubber bands for the games.2010, Mary Beth Klatt, Chicago's Fashion History: 1865–1945, page 111. From the entry pixie cut
• Davina did a hatesome thing: She turned and flung her braid over her shoulder, swatting Nan Shaw in the face.2009, Liz Curtis Higgs, Grace in Thine Eyes. From the entry hatesome
• One of the most memorable of these bisociations is that involving the mother's "imprisonment" of the first-person narrator's hair in braids.1995, Fedwa Malti-Douglas, Men, Women, and God(s): Nawal El Saadawi and Arab Feminist Poetics, page 167. From the entry bisociation
• The music changed; the bridespersons were coming—Rosie Madden and her braids, and Debbie and all of Saint Xavier’s kindergarten.1990 October, Cheryl Reavis, “Epilogue”, in Patrick Gallagher’s Widow (Silhouette Special Edition; 627), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books…. From the entry bridesperson
• The use of the second contrast yarn (which is thick and braid like) gives the appearance of a ribbon threaded through.1987, Pauline Turner, The WI Creative Guide to Crochet, London: Unwin Hyman, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry overtop
• Bathing Suit of Brilliantine in Navy Blue and Black, trimmed with white mohair braid and buttons (no bloomers).1916 June 11, The New York Times, number 112. From the entry brilliantine
• She fit the image of the cold-blooded killer she was, with her long ravenette hair pulled into an intricate braid and her marred dark skin.2025 May 26, Dhitha A N, “Rage”, in Midnight Roses (Budding Writers’ Series), Gurgaon, Haryana: iNTELLYJELLY, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry ravenette
• In the grooming department, there's no competition: Trevor's mullety mop of hair cannot hope to compete with this breed, nor can Cory's Willie Nelson braids.2016 July 19, Matthew Sibiga, Don Wininger, The Complete Trailer Park Boys: How to Enjoy the Trailer Park Boys When the Cable is Out…. From the entry mullety
• The uniform jacket with several rows of buttons and a horizontal braid across the front originally worn by the Hussars was also called a dolman.2015, “dolman”, in Annette Lynch, Mitchell D. Strauss, editors, Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia, Lanham, Md.…. From the entry dolman
• We had decided to grow our Padawan braids before I moved away, so it was a great way to check how long they had gotten.2015, R. J. Palacio, “FaceChat”, in Pluto: A Wonder Story, New York, N.Y.: Knopf Books for Young Readers, →ISBN. From the entry padawan
• He quickly, with care, folded the letter with the braid in it and tucked it away into his shirt under the chainmail.2015, Vicky Glasgow, The Mage Emperor. From the entry lorddom
• She was willing to take his braids out and re-do them, but she'd probably comb out all his hair trying to ungunk it.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 127. From the entry ungunk
• He remembered her with her hair parted in the centre and arranged smoothly on either side of her face in a Madonna braid.2003, John Baker, The Meanest Flood, Orion Books, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry Madonna braid
• A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (screenplay, third draft). From the entry scrambled egg
• The black eyes wavered and fell, their owner covering her retreat with another giggle and toss of her short braid of hair.1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon. From the entry cow
• "I hardly realize it yet that you are my really truly coz," and she gave the girl's long, brown braids a familiar twerk.1920, Lilian C. McNamara Garis, The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest: Or, The Wig Wag Rescue, page 86. From the entry twerk
• Guadalupe was a fey mexicana with long braids and a taste for embroidered Oaxacan blouses and overwrought indigenous jewelry, and also a former university student like Araceli.2011, Héctor Tobar, The Barbarian Nurseries, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry fey
• She was wearing a hiplength ivory nightie under an equally brief matching robe, with fluffy slippers on her feet and her hair scraped back into a French braid.2011, Suzanne McMinn, The Billionaire and the Bassinet. From the entry hiplength

Meaning of braid

1. verb To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
2. verb To start into motion.
3. verb To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.

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Questions about braid in a sentence

How do you use braid in a sentence?

Braid is used as a verb, noun and adjective. For example: “She wears her hair in braids.”

What is a short sentence with braid?

“She wears her hair in braids.”

What does braid mean?

Braid means to make a sudden movement with, to jerk.