shoulder-length

adjective

of a person's hair
: reaching the shoulders

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For her transformation into American actress Jean Seberg, who became well-known for her work in Breathless, Deutch chopped and dyed her shoulder-length brunette hair into a blonde pixie cut to embody the je ne sais quoi of the French New Wave star. Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025 Besides his longevity, Robert stood out for his shoulder-length hair and black-and-grey beard — an image regularly portrayed on area billboards. Jim Walsh, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025 For such a casual affair, Gomez’s shoulder-length bob was far less stylized, falling in natural unfussy waves. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2025 Jesus, in profile in the frame, had shoulder-length waves like late-stage Michael Jackson but a coloring that was more African than His Mediterranean birth would imply, though not as dark as Jean, and much less so than Wole, an actual African. David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shoulder-length

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“Shoulder-length.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoulder-length. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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