How to use headdress in a sentence

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• The plaintiff argued he had a religious right to wear his headdress although it reduced the effectiveness of his hard hat which is required of all persons on site.From the entry religious right
• Brown triumphantly astride her headstanding elephant, arms raised high, her elaborate headdress perfectly in place.2021 July 23, Neil Genzlinger, “Alice Clark Brown, Black Star in a White Circus, Dies at 68”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry headstand
• Medicine bundle containing birdskin, weaselskin; weaselskin headdress, buffalo saddle blanket, lightning painted horses, ermineskin fringe shirt.2010, Joachim Fromhold, The Western Cree (Pakisimotan Wi Iniwak), page 41. From the entry weaselskin
• Amidala's headdress alone hath shooketh me to my core.2018, Kali Daniel, quoted in "The Case Of Star Wars V. Star Trek", SET Magazine (2018), Volume 6, Issue 4, page 18. From the entry shooketh
• Known for wearing her signature headdress and speaking in a thick Caribbean accent, Miss Cleo was the queen of psychic infomercials.2008, Margena A. Christian, “Where Is ... Miss Cleo?”, in Jet, volume 112, number 26, page 38. From the entry infomercial
• There were also the gold-embroidered sleeveless jackets, farmla, and a range of headdresses, qufiya, which have been mentioned briefly elsewhere.1985, Caroline Stone, The Embroideries of North Africa, Longman Publishing Group. From the entry farmla
• For school and sport wear, bérets and caps have superseded more conventional forms of headdress for boys and girls alike.1936, Lawrence Augustus Averill, “Adolescent Interests”, in Adolescence: A Study in the Teen Years, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin…. From the entry béret
• Adad was often depicted in human form, standing on a bull and wearing a horned headdress and a tiered skirt decorated with stars.1998, Tamra Andrews, Dictionary of Nature Myths, Oxford, published 2000, page 4. From the entry adad
• Before the dance begins the head dressing is covered with a raffia headdress, but is replaced with a feather one at dance-time.1987, Alyce Taylor Cheska, Traditional Games and Dances in West African Nations, page 86. From the entry dance-time
• "The other dancers, in feather headdresses, are angels who will fight them, drive them away, so the day will be lucky and devilless."1940, William La Varre, Southward ho!: A treasure hunter in South America. From the entry devilless
• He was also that rare thing, a connoisseur of the uncanonical hybrid in art, as demonstrated by the presence of a headdress mask of a water spirit from Sierra Leone.2007 January 10, Holland Cotter, “At Yale, Renovation Puts Africa in Spotlight”, in New York Times. From the entry uncanonical
• Big fellows they were, all of them, their barbaric headdresses and grotesquely painted faces, together with their many metal ornaments and gorgeously coloured feathers, adding to their wild, fierce appearance.1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter V, in The Beasts of Tarzan. From the entry feather

Meaning of headdress

1. noun A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
2. noun A hairdo.

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Questions about headdress in a sentence

How do you use headdress in a sentence?

Headdress is used as a noun. For example: “The plaintiff argued he had a religious right to wear his headdress although it reduced the effectiveness of his hard hat which is required of all persons on site.”

What is a short sentence with headdress?

“Amidala's headdress alone hath shooketh me to my core.”

What does headdress mean?

Headdress means a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.