How to Use headscarf in a Sentence

headscarf

noun
  • Wear it as a headscarf, hang it around your neck, or use it to wipe sweat off your hands or brow.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Women are no longer required to wear a headscarf or long robe.
    — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Khloe, meanwhile, added a matching headscarf to her snake print look.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Tokyo run by beating Kiyani, her close friend, who wore a headscarf for their bout.
    — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • Large swaths of one floor selling scarves were focused on headscarves, or hijabs.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • So far in 2024, bows and claw clips and headscarves have crowned our updos.
    — Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 9 Aug. 2024
  • This headscarf offers a seamless way to go from land to water workout.
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The female health workers were expected to walk in headscarves and long loose robes.
    — NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Laws require all women to at least wear a headscarf, or hijab, to cover their hair as a sign of piety.
    — Jon Gambrell and Mike Corder, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2023
  • One was disguised as a woman in a headscarf and holding a bundle meant to look like a baby.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Her accessories included a hot pink headscarf, gold earrings, and a big white tote bag.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Aug. 2022
  • As she was laid to rest in her hometown of Saqqez the following day, women took off their headscarves in protest.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Iran requires women to wear the headscarf in a way that completely covers their hair when in public.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Our grandfathers, aunts, and uncles will join with our daughters, who may wear headscarves or who may dye their hair purple.
    — Selim Koru, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2016
  • Amanpour refused to wear a headscarf after that request was sprung on her very close to interview time.
    — Vulture, 30 Sep. 2022
  • But traces of a movement that started with some women burning their headscarves are still visible.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In the video, Union wore a silky pajama short set paired with a headscarf and a bold footwear combo, knee-high socks and open-toe shoes.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • In response, Iranian women burned their headscarves in public and let their hair down.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023
  • Thousands of people took to the streets, with women burning their headscarves in defiance.
    — Sara Monetta, NBC news, 19 June 2025
  • In the video, Gibson donned a headscarf and referred to herself as Sabontu.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Women have burned their headscarves and cut their hair, with some schoolgirls removing their headscarves in classrooms.
    — Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Saeed overpowers her and throttles her with her own headscarf right there on the concrete steps, then dumps her body on a hillside nearby.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 May 2022
  • Lana wears an outfit inspired by Dior’s New Look, with a headscarf, and looks gorgeous.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
  • With the sharp winter wind whipping at our faces, my sister-in-law covered her children’s faces with a headscarf while my mother sobbed.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Two of them take off their headscarves entirely, one of them pushes it backward to pull out tendrils of hair to frame her face, and one of them keeps hers on.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
  • There were headscarves knotted under the chin, chunky earrings, oversized shades, and playful handbags.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In the portrait, taken in the last few weeks, black smoke billows behind her as her fuchsia headscarf billows in the wind behind her.
    — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
  • When the same actress took off the glasses and put on a headscarf, she was found to be more open, more conscientious, and less neurotic.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • Well Worn Opt for gingham bags, headscarves and other accessories.
    — Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 3 May 2024
  • Donkeys hauling carts plodded along dusty streets, and schoolgirls in headscarves and long, old-fashioned coats huddled to gossip.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023

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