Dictionary entry
Sideburns
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɪdbəːn/
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌɪdbəːn/
Myanmar Meaning
sidebaords
Definition
sideburns /'saÇdbɜ:nz/ n [pl] = SIDEBOARDS
Examples
- ‘He had scruffy short
- possibly cropped
- brown hair with sideburns running down past his ears.’
- ‘I used to worry about it as a teenager
- not being able to grow sideburns like other guys in my circle of friends.’
- ‘It was an unlikely boast from the fair-skinned figure with the sideburns and thinning hair.’
- ‘The man was young
- olive-skinned
- with black hair
- sideburns
- a moustache
- and sparkling blue eyes.’
- ‘He quickly went to shaving
- trimming up his sideburns and removing straggling hairs on his chin.’
- ‘There were dozens of men in the crowd who'd clearly gone to considerable effort to cultivate the famous towering quiff and sideburns combo.’
- ‘A composite sketch was released yesterday of a man with dark hair short in front
- longer in back long sideburns and a goatee.’
- ‘So if your hair is very short
- don't leave your sideburns thick and long.’
- ‘We also have a ban on facial hair
- which includes sideburns.’
- ‘On one mission to London he thought it best to grow sideburns and sport a tweed cap.’
- ‘He had blonde unkempt hair but respectably short sideburns
- and he wore blue jeans and one of those awful V-neck golfing sweaters.’
- ‘He is 17 or 18 years old
- of stocky build and has Afro hair and sideburns.’
- ‘With a full handlebar moustache and sideburns
- which took several weeks to grow
- he was every bit the memorable family doctor.’
- ‘He had short thick black hair with long sideburns and wore a distinctive gold-coloured summer jacket
- zipped up
- with black or dark blue joggers or trousers.’
- ‘I invaded the circle of light
- speculated about their faces bristling with sideburns and goatees.’
- ‘He has short black hair which is tight and curly
- sideburns and a goatee beard.’
- ‘To keep your sideburns trimmed
- an electric razor would be most effective.’
- ‘He is white
- in his 20s
- 5ft 8in
- with collar-length
- untidy light brown hair and sideburns.’
- ‘He had dark brown longish hair
- subtle sideburns
- and these soulful
- heavy-lidded eyes.’
- ‘Stick to classic sideburns as opposed to the kind that take over your face or have a life of their own.’