Example Sentences

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David had flown to London to accept the Crown, but his "hatlessness," as a symbol of his lack of concern for tradition, still worried much of the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mad as hatters were U. S. milliners, still reeling from a $6,000,000 half-year business slump brought on primarily by feminine hatlessness.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was wandering the streets like any outcast, late at night, without a hat—and her condition of hatlessness she felt to be the chief stigma.

From Maurice Guest by Richardson, Henry Handel

But it was not quite time for that yet: it would be inartistic to suggest that just a couple of weeks of hatlessness had produced so desirable a result.

From Queen Lucia by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)

In hot weather, the sun beats mercilessly down upon their hatlessness, their exquisitely-sensitive brains but slightly shielded by their thin un-ossified skulls.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella