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Recent Examples of frizzy
Hair can be frizzy or smooth, brittle or strong.
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 2 Apr. 2026
For best results, use a hair dryer that has a diffuser for curls that are defined, but not frizzy.
—Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
And my hair is very, very frizzy.
—Eden Stuart, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2026
Enter a rock-and-roll trio of fashion-designer tailors with red, black, and frizzy brown hair, all wearing wildly colorful countercultural garb.
—Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 2 Apr. 2026
For best results, use a hair dryer that has a diffuser for curls that are defined, but not frizzy.
—Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
And my hair is very, very frizzy.
—Eden Stuart, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2026
Enter a rock-and-roll trio of fashion-designer tailors with red, black, and frizzy brown hair, all wearing wildly colorful countercultural garb.
—Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frizzy
Adjective
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The blade was at least ten inches long and double-edged, honed on one side with a wavy scalloped finish, the other a jagged toothing like a lumberjack’s saw.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Bernard lives next to the project site and has documented multiple desert tortoises on and around her property — including Squiggles, who was given the nickname for leaving wavy tracks in the sand.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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All three are mired in different, dispiriting versions of mid-life crises, and get involved in a kinky kinda sorta love triangle.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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The affair between Clark and Carol called for some fairly ridiculous, kinky and specific acts in a hotel room.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This speaker shows off a dazzling array of purple, blue, and pink hues in an iridescent glow, along with a waved texture that pays homage to sound rippling across a room; and the design has been hand-polished by artisans to boot.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2026
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Lawmakers listened and asked questions while demonstrators outside displayed signs and waved flags.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Place a few pierogi in center and top with frizzled leeks.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her hair, which is long, dark, and curly, had recently been treated to a bathroom Manic Panic job, and the front strands were dyed a light peach.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Perrin’s contributions go beyond his bus-driving heroics A slender young man with a mop of curly brown hair, Perrin is a math whiz who graduated high school in Arcata at 16 and has been working at Kneeland Elementary ever since.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Frizzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frizzy. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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