bone-straight
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The longer you let it burn, the more bone-straight it's going to be.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
It's kind of my dream hair because when I was growing up, I always envied my friends who had that sort of bone-straight hair in those days.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2023
Whether black women’s hair was bone-straight enough to simulate white hair wasn’t Madam Walker’s real concern, but whether black women had access to income, education and independence was.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2020
This “perm” was really a chemical relaxer—one designed to remove the curl from your hair, leaving you with sleek, bone-straight tresses that projected an image of respectability and maturity.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2020
Mr. Perham, or as everyone called him, Big Perm, because of his last name and because he had bone-straight permed hair, is who pulled me off Brandon.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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