Definition of balding
: becoming bald
- bespectacled and balding
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Examples of balding in a Sentence
He wore a hat to cover his balding head.
Recent Examples of balding from the Web
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Police published photos showing a balding man, described as about 40-45 years old, making various grimaces toward the camera.
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The police report described the man as bald or balding, but did not include any other identifying information.
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The 85-year-old is recognizable in mug form because of the bespectacled face and balding crown.
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Other warning signs that Kahmila looks for are short or broken hairs right around a balding area and small bumps and blisters on the scalp.
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Long, 59, bespectacled and balding, listened to the single charge from inside a courtroom’s holding cell as a row of Roberts’ friends watched anxiously from the gallery, several leaning on the seats in front of them, hands clasped.
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Unlike most balding men, his hair does not taper into thinness, which makes the effect all the more unnerving.
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The cover illustration consists of his balding head.
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Some historians say they were initially popularized by France’s King Louis XIV, who was trying to conceal his balding head.
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First Known Use of balding
1938
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