How to Use dreadlock in a Sentence

dreadlock

noun

• There's a white stripe in her hair, which is styled in dreadlocks.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 15 May 2018
• His dreadlocks had been gathered in a pile at the top of his head.
  — Sarah M. Broom, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2019
• Richter got an annoyed look and brushed a rogue dreadlock off her face.
  — August Cole, Wired, 5 June 2020
• On the street, a white guy with dreadlocks offered us mushrooms.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 19 July 2023
• The armed man, described as thin and young with his dreadlocks in a bun, grabbed the bag and drove off.
  — Alex Harris, miamiherald, 12 June 2017
• Mayowa, the shy one, had a head scarf holding back all but a few of his dreadlocks.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• The only description was one of the men had black dreadlocks with green tips.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2018
• The students at my school mocked my siblings and me because of our dreadlocks.
  — Safiya Sinclair and Nicole Dennis-Benn, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
• The photos show a man with dreadlocks who is wearing a ball cap, a long-sleeve blue top and long pants.
  — Doug Phillips, sun-sentinel.com, 1 July 2019
• Darryl George's dreadlocks are braided and wrapped up on top of his head.
  — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
• The suspects were described as two black males with one having dreadlocks.
  — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
• Then came the dreadlocks that caused a stir in the staid world of an almost entirely white sport.
  — Matthew Futterman James Hill, New York Times, 5 June 2023
• The point guard was slow and small, that mound of dreadlocks notwithstanding.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Her long brown hair was twisted into dreadlocks, threaded with blue beads and piled on top of her head.
  — Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
• During the argument, the friend pulled two dreadlocks from the man's head and punched him in the face.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 6 Jan. 2018
• He is described as a black male with shoulder-length dreadlocks, wearing a white suit with one red shoe.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Once was to avoid a group of four young adults with dreadlocks and wearing Birkenstocks and toe socks.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2020
• The school claimed that the length of his dreadlocks violated their dress and grooming code.
  — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
• The only movement is his coat, a tangle of tawny dreadlocks that ripples and waves in the stiff wind.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 21 Feb. 2020
• The report described the robber as a black male with dreadlocks who was wearing green pants and a gray shirt.
  — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2019
• Fans now wear gold teeth to the Superdome, fake dreadlocks on their heads, bull nose rings in their septa.
  — NOLA.com, 7 Jan. 2018
• Damon Landor had grown dreadlocks for nearly two decades.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
• At 68, bearded and with dreadlocks stretching past his knees, the singer has never been busier.
  — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
• But a blond man with dreadlocks in the video closely resembled one of the flamingo assailants.
  — Angel Jennings, latimes.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Zsa Zsa bested a terrier with dreadlocks named Scamp to take home the win.
  — Alix Langone, Time, 10 July 2018
• One teacher allegedly cut off a student’s dreadlock and threw it in the trash, the parents say.
  — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2021
• The man is described as Black with short dreadlocks and was sporting a light mustache and goatee.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The suspect is described as a black man in his 20s with a thin build, black dreadlocks, wearing a white tank top.
  — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
• Riq Woolen’s goggles fit awkwardly on his head because of the dreadlocks.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
• Emmanuel shook his dreadlocks in disbelief, pointed to the sky, dropped to one knee and slapped the concrete three times.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 25 June 2026