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How to use hairline in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Hairline means the line along one's forehead where hair starts growing. Example: “It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald.”

Examples of hairline by meaning

nounThe line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.

  • It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald.
  • Using a Danish technique, doctors can now insert plugs of just one or two hairs in front of an implanted area to simulate a natural hairline.1984 May 28, Claudia Wallis, “Gone Today, but Hair Tomorrow”, in Time

nounA very thin fissure.

  • While inspecting the new house, we found a few hairlines in one of the walls.
  • There was a hairline crack in the airplane's wing.
  • Just a hairline, but that damn thing is gonna cause a big headache later.2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 102

More sentences with hairline

  • Small dig below hairline on neck, some scattered contact marks but overall a lovely milk chocolatey hue.2015, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, The November 2015 Baltimore Auction: World Coins, Ancient Coins & World Paper Money, →OCLC, page 191…. From the entry milk chocolatey
  • His hairline had moved an inch or so higher than where it used to sit.2012, Joshilyn Jackson, chapter 11, in A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty, New York: Grand Central, page 166. From the entry creasier
  • Because the porcelain is so thin, even hairline cracks can radically affect the value.2011, Deborah Shouse, Ron Zoglin, Antiquing For Dummies. From the entry belleek
  • "Yowzah," said Rick into the phone, his eyebrows shooting nearly up to his hairline.2004, James Hynes, Kings of Infinite Space, page 21. From the entry yowzah
  • A silky, smooth, hairline, highlighted with soft black baby hairs.2003, Darcel Turner, Dana Dances on Paper. From the entry baby hair
  • The sun climbed higher and beads of moisture formed at her hairline before Sir Hopkin deigned to poke his uglisome head out.2005, Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging. From the entry uglisome
  • The cursivization of the hastae, the ligature of the letters by means of hairlines and the spaces separating the letters are most precisely covered by his rules.2011 February 15, Sonja Neef, translated by Anthony Mathews, “Before a Line”, in Imprint and Trace: Handwriting in the Age of Technology…. From the entry hasta

Meaning of hairline

  1. noun The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.
  2. noun A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography.
  3. noun A very thin fissure.

Full definition of hairline

Questions about hairline in a sentence

How do you use hairline in a sentence?
Hairline is used as a noun. For example: “It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald.”
What is a short sentence with hairline?
“There was a hairline crack in the airplane's wing.”
What does hairline mean?
Hairline means the line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.

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