Example sentences for: combs

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

  • Smaller artifacts of everyday life are just as fascinating — combs, clothes, kitchen utensils, even food found in a well-preserved 14th-century b.c. tomb.

  • The ritualgoes on with its potions,its implied promises; the priest goes onwith his combs, his animals,the exhausted wheat held up--you try in vain, and after your researchamong the transcripts of the institutionwhat gives you immortal life turns out to be the breath of another person ...

  • Many street names in the historic center of Rome recall how medieval artisans used to congregate in specialized quarters: Via dei Giubbonari `makers of coats,' Calderari `tinkers,' Pettinari `makers of combs,' Coronari `rosary makers,' Balestrari `crossbow makers,' and many others.

  • Observers variously said the incident underscored 1) the imminent decline of the "Puff Daddy" empire; 2) Combs' futile attempts to gain "street credibility"; and 3) the impossibility of blending the gangsta and corporate cultures.

  • Rap mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs was arrested.


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