Example sentences for: braids

How can you use “braids” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A long (15-minute) excerpt from his score for Rikyu braids together fitful phrases of European Renaissance string music, ominous Asian pluckings, and electronic reverberations into a tapestry that is more hazily eerie than narrative.

  • In other respects, the image is that of an Asian kewpie doll--powdered face, braids, tassels, and a silk gown.

  • By contrast the complex systems of braids worn by many black women seem like elegant reincarnations of ancient Egyptian or Minoan practice, a civilized display of effort made, precise care taken, beauty manifestly pursued and achieved in the most august tradition.

  • The look of money spent, yes--mops and haystacks do actually need a constant attention that braids don't; and elaborate processes for streaking and tinting and correctly disarranging them can rack up a very noticeable tab.

  • The publicity of private hair is a long story; it figures in the willingly shaven heads of ancient priests and modern skinheads, in the punitive shearing of male convicts and female French collaborators, in huge powdered wigs and elaborately extended curls or braids.


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