bonnet

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Recent Examples of bonnet Impatient honking rose with the slight plume of smoke from my car bonnet. Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026 In the Bay Area, springtime festivities begin this weekend with Easter Bunny photo ops, egg hunts, crafts and other activities, followed by a full array over the holiday weekend, including the city of Campbell’s big parade and a Hayward bonnet parade now in its 81st year. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 April 4 with an Easter bonnet contest, crafts, games, face painting, music, and egg hunt for children ages 2 to 10 at Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 The rapper, dressed in an oversized silk bonnet and Uggs, is marking the moves, but her dancers are performing full-out, their cropped halter tops and durags dappled with sweat. Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bonnet
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Noun
  • The hoods might just as well evoke the garb of Christian monks debating whether the soul is distinct from the body.
    Dawn Chan, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This waterproof windbreaker from Avoogue fits the bill, and is designed with a hood and an adjustable hem to keep out wind and rain.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There were crinoline explosions and Panama teardrops, tiny little fascinators and huge brimmed sunbonnets.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 30 May 2017
Noun
  • Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson thought otherwise and tapped the top of his helmet to initiate the challenge.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Jason lightens up a bit, giving Ben the disco helmet.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hoja calmly takes off his turban and places it on the villager’s head.
    Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In a brief video that circulated over the holidays among officers of the BART police force, the department’s chief pins a badge on a beaming young officer wearing the turban of his Sikh faith.
    Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That blogger with a beret, Emily Cooper has flown the coop!
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In the first photo, the teen showed herself after being initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha, wearing a green beret, black jacket, white and a pink bag on her shoulder.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • He's shown wearing a black skullcap, black facemask on his chin, red sweatshirt and red sweatpants, and sneakers.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The two-time Top Chef winner, who’s also in charge at the tasting-menu spot Huso (one of our best new restaurants in America of 2025) in New York City, will be the head toque of a hands-on cooking class at Robb Report’s Culinary Masters in New Orleans.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Menu references to ancient reptiles — plus the brand’s silly mascot, a dinosaur in a toque — make fast food feel more like fun food.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 May 2025
  • Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.
    NBC News, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020

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“Bonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonnet. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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