Example Sentences

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One of the biggest stars of the era was Shirley Temple, a sweet, ringleted child who comforted audiences by mending rifts in families and melting the hearts of tough guys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Like David, he was Italian, but big and outgoing, unafraid of a belly-flop, with ringleted hair and a Michelangelean nose.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2021

A skunklike streak of white runs up the center of his ringleted black dreadlocks.

From New York Times • May 29, 2013

It was a portrait of the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, supposedly executed by George Romney in 1782 when the chaste, ringleted subject was only 17.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and ringleted yellow hair.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë