Example Sentences

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Environmental exposures may also factor into someone’s risk, as the researchers on the hair straightener study noted.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

Dyson’s Supersonic hair dryer costs $400, while its Corrale hair straightener costs $500.

From The Verge • Mar. 18, 2022

Last year, he says he made more than $3 million, primarily by promoting brands such as streaming service Disney+, clothing sold on Amazon and teeth straightener Invisalign.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

He has resorted to using his girlfriend’s hair straightener to fix it.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2020

And this Brother Tod Clifton, the youth leader, looked somehow like a hipster, a zoot suiter, a sharpie—except his head of Persian lamb's wool had never known a straightener.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison