Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for becket
Noun
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Wiley often wears her hair in a stretched state, combing through her gray coils with a blow dryer before doing a braid-out.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
29 May 2026 -
At the Gael and Friends exhibition on May 21, ahead of the 2026 French Open, Osaka took the court with a half-up, half-down hairdo, featuring cornrows on the top of her head and long, inky coils down her back.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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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
Noun
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It's been a downward, but happy spiral since.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Another huge spiral is UGC 2885, or Rubin’s galaxy.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Its soaring south tower and spire were completed in 1433 and made the Roman Catholic church the tallest structure in the region for centuries.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Fonda said Redford loved to climb, once scaling the big spire of Westwood’s Fox Theater and breaking his arm climbing up his chimney one Christmas.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
Noun
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This serum is giving me lightweight, bouncy, shiny curls WITHOUT the oily feeling/look.—
Emma Greene,
InStyle,
4 June 2026
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In the clip, Charlie plays with his hair and even does a full 360 spin to show off his curls for the camera.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Blue, purple, or white whorls of flowers rise above the strappy foliage in summer.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
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In most flowers, sepals are a whorl of green, known as a calyx, at the base of the petals, but here sepals, which are pointed, make up the entire inflorescence.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Becket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/becket. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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