bonnet

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Recent Examples of bonnet The goat with spicy scallop creole and the pepper shrimp with sorrel, Scotch bonnet chile, and thyme were two dishes that really stood out. Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Dec. 2025 Even with a silk pillowcase or bonnet, curls can look limp, stretched, or dry. Nykia Spradley, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2025 Plus, some faces just aren’t built to be framed inside a cotton bonnet. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025 Modernist rhythms establish the tempo for each work, often involving rows of repetition, such as the pattern for a baby’s bonnet. Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bonnet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonnet
Noun
  • Some relied on layers and keeping hoods up, while others said their mindset made all the difference.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The trench doubles as a raincoat and features a detachable hood to keep your hair safe and sound on drizzly days.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • There were crinoline explosions and Panama teardrops, tiny little fascinators and huge brimmed sunbonnets.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 30 May 2017
Noun
  • Bloom was photographed inside the suite talking to Graves, Foxx, and Mike Majlak while wearing an orange and black Raising Cane football helmet on his head.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Heraskevych has been fighting to compete in the helmet, which features images of the Ukrainian athletes who either died fighting or were killed in attacks.
    NBC News, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
  • With Khamenei’s regime, and his life, on the line, the resistance instinct must be warring with the survival instinct beneath that black turban.
    Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Kardashian paired her velvet set with sheer stockings, patent leather pumps, a beret, and cat-eye sunglasses.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But Bill Murray was in this velvet tuxedo with a burgundy beret on.
    Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Police said the thief was wearing a skullcap and a black hooded sweat shirt.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The collection includes fabrics and objects that had served daily domestic functions and rare ritual ones: shrine covers and skullcaps, costumes and carpets.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Formerly the executive toque at Stockholm’s Frantzén—one of the best restaurants in the world—Jernmark is offering up a four-course menu with no official wine pairings, for a much more relaxed environment that evokes California cool.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2026
  • De Shields arrived first, wearing a buffalo-plaid toque and a mien of utter gameness.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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 14 Feb. 2026.

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