Example Sentences

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Here there is a feeling of scholarly possibility, fuelled by earringed men, large coffee cups.

From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2015

Heavily tattooed and emphatically earringed, his hair cropped close, Mr. Taylor was wearing jeans, sneakers, and a T-shirt featuring Keith Richards with a cigarette hanging from his mouth.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2011

Here earringed women would sell mahogany and wicker, while in a small nearby stadium other Haitians would drum, dance and stage cockfights.

From Time Magazine Archive