Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for becket
Noun
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Since then, he’s worn fades, braids, locs, coils, and curls—and even embraced being bald.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Then, find the coils—usually located at the back of the appliance—behind a grill or panel, then unscrew the panel.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
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In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.—
Leo Rubinfien,
The New York Review of Books,
11 Feb. 2021
Noun
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His footwork was elegant, his release high and fast, the ball a spiral, with the magical mix of touch and power.—
Seth Wickersham,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
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The sight of a suitcase or travel bag often sends canines into a spiral.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Massive columns, slender spires and impossibly balanced boulders loom above the timber.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Taipei blends incense with cutting-edge innovation—crowned by the soaring spire of Taipei 101 and grounded in night markets where stinky tofu and bubble tea perfume the air.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her bouncy blowout included her signature soft curls that blew against the wind.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
4 Sep. 2025
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As summer winds down and your strands have endured heatwaves, pool days, and sweaty workouts, your curls might be begging for a break.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Its eponymous flowers are deep red-orange and the foliage is composed of whorls of needle-like, silvery-blue leaves.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in anatomy went to an international team of scientists for their discovery that scalp hair whorls are more likely to spiral in a counter-clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the Northern Hemisphere.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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“Becket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/becket. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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