1
: long and heavy hair growing about the neck and head of some mammals (such as horses and lions)
2
: long heavy hair on a person's head
Examples of mane in a Sentence
an actor with a thick mane of silver hair
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Bolt recommends using a bond-repair mask to support a healthy mane for styling.
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Audrey Noble, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Its blend is dispensed seamlessly from a dropper, onto one’s mane without weighing it down.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
His blonde-colored mane rested on the hood of his black sweatshirt while his black skates with fat red laces dangled in the air.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
An attendant shields the horse from the sun with a large umbrella as others knot its mane into cornrows and adorn the animal’s leg with an ornament.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Audrey Noble, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Its blend is dispensed seamlessly from a dropper, onto one’s mane without weighing it down.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
His blonde-colored mane rested on the hood of his black sweatshirt while his black skates with fat red laces dangled in the air.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
An attendant shields the horse from the sun with a large umbrella as others knot its mane into cornrows and adorn the animal’s leg with an ornament.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mane
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“Mane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mane. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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