sunbonnet

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Recent Examples of sunbonnet There were crinoline explosions and Panama teardrops, tiny little fascinators and huge brimmed sunbonnets. Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 30 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbonnet
Noun
  • Anyway, Wharton and his new missus enter and take to the dance floor; while everyone’s attention is on the couple, the handmaids continue their work of making sure everyone wearing a white bonnet has her own personal death stick.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 May 2025
  • The selection of works indeed revealed a preference for male subjects unique in a movement typically associated with fetching representations of young women in sun-dappled gowns and bonnets and plump, rose-cheeked children.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Most of the intruders sported the berets that then marked radical activists.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, Wonder wore a cape with a long train alongside a matching jacket, black trousers, his signature shades and a black beret, plus jewelry by De Beers and David Yurman.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • There’s a passenger with a bright-green buzz cut (in sharp contrast with that same orange), one with a platinum wig, a baby-blue turban, a sparkly hijab, a graduation cap, a fez, very big headphones.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
  • In a political lineup, Mr. Singh, who became the New Democrats’ leader in 2017, stands out, wearing a turban on his head and tucking a kirpan, or ceremonial knife, into his suit, reflecting his Sikh faith.
    Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This time, fans at a racetrack are incinerated, bludgeoned by flying tires, bisected by a car hood, or impaled through a rebar — setups that hold great promise on paper, but don’t live up to their full visual potential.
    Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
  • Not long ago, teams could only learn what was happening under the hood during a pit stop.
    Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • At the Fiesta Plaza neighborhood, the world's largest sombrero will adorn the Tipsy Sombrero Bar.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • Unfortunately, Miguel’s sombrero casts a shadow on his face.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Earlier in the day, the Barbadian singer was photographed walking around New York in the rain in a gray-blue cropped top and skirt set with a fur stole and 1920s-style cloche hat with a visible bump, igniting conversation online.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
  • Consider using a few cloches in varying sizes to display collections.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
  • At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Thomas was going to be picked off before the next pitch, but first baseman Jared Jones hit him in the back of the helmet with his throw.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025
  • The helmet prevented the bear from splitting his head open like a melon or tearing his face off.
    Benjamin Alva Polley, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025

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“Sunbonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbonnet. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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