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Recent Examples of kinky This is weird and me and a bit kinky. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025 The style can be done solely on natural hair or with kinky texture extensions to add a bit of length and fullness. Annie Blay, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025 To revive curly, coily, and kinky textures, reset bangs every day or two with water or a spritz of lightweight styling mist like François’s Mist Nourishing Water. Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025 Those with curly, coily and kinky hair might want to stretch this to once a week. Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kinky
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Adjective
  • This is just one in a series of bizarre events that unfolded on the afternoon of April 19, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The gay man who was involved in Rep. Nancy Mace’s viral meltdown at an Ulta Beauty store is speaking out about the bizarre incident.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The wish is revealing—strange and sad, and haunting in ways the biography cannot quite accommodate.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The Bengals added Fairchild in the third, so adding another lineman while there were more pressing needs is strange, especially a raw lineman like Rivers.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s been a weird year for some of the league’s best closers.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • On the other hand, this three-month gap is a little weird.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • What’s funny about that is that Alexander appears to have some Leonard Williams to his game.
    Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Not lying and not funny, but not to be ignored either.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As the former member of the pioneering rock outfit reimagined the iconic project, fans were understandably curious — and many were more than a little skeptical.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • As Roku continues seeking new ways to appeal to advertisers, watchful eyes are curious to see how much Roku will open the door to ad formats that could be viewed as intrusive.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Held in the odd year after the presidential election since 1869, Virginia’s gubernatorial race is a cyclical scorecard for voters’ moods and the issues at the forefront of the national consciousness.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Marred by odd promo segments and a general lack of chemistry, Stratton vs. Flair underwhelmed and underdelivered.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Vogue unveiled their covers featuring Met Gala co-chairs, rapper A$AP Rocky, actor Colman Domingo, Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton, and a portrait of the ever peculiar Pharrell Williams.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
  • This has put the American Black dandy in a peculiar, paternalistic position.
    Jeremy O. Harris, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But Trump’s erratic purge of the federal workforce has undermined those very efforts.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
  • In the meantime, crowds braved erratic weather for a festive opening weekend, and even early on a Monday morning, neighbors had already begun to converge, attracted by the new sod, tender trees, and open plaza that makes this 165-year-old wedge of nature look fresh and young again.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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