Example Sentences

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As I stared up at the damage, a kerchiefed head poked through a doorway and looked quizzically at the stranger taking photos outside her home.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2018

A kerchiefed woman selling pastries frowns when asked what she thinks of the Turkish president.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2017

The new movie—a comedy starring Greta Gerwig as a kerchiefed co-ed—concerns the self-inventive ideas and self-destructive ideations of young people.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2012

"Our land, our Nasser�You are our Beloved, 0 Gamal," shrilled the marchers of Damascus as they streamed in thousands�girl scouts, militia, mullahs, mothers, cadets and kerchiefed workers�through Liberation Square and the Street Called Straight.

From Time Magazine Archive

DeeDee and Nurse Kennedy bent their kerchiefed heads in a front pew.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath