towheaded
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Tymophiy, towheaded like his brother, has a sloping visage that foretells a blunt-faced manhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022
Hogan is pale and towheaded, with soft features and trusting blue eyes.
From The Verge • Nov. 23, 2020
The towheaded Mr. Boyd, who had once been in the CIA, was an idiosyncratic blend of Midwestern reserve and Harvard erudition: plain-spoken, but in six languages.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2019
At age 68, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is a veritable towheaded youngster; do Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn steal his lunch money, give him noogies and address him as Squirt?
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2018
Lloyd was towheaded, and his head looked like a haystack this morning.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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