COMB in a Sentence

Learn COMB from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

54 example sentences for COMB, such as:

1. He quickly dragged a comb through his hair.
2. She combed her hair and put on some lipstick.
3. Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon.
4. She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair.
5. Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMB
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comb
 n.  a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge to arrange hair
 v.  search thoroughly
Classic Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  A slatternly calico wrapper hung from her shoulders and the wisps of her thin grey hair were drawn away from a high forehead and fastened at the back by a broken comb.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  Scarlett had been combing her hair, preparing for bed, when Melanie spoke and she stopped, the comb in mid-air.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  I can still see those two men sitting on the bench; Otto's close-clipped head and Jake's shaggy hair slicked flat in front by a wet comb.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
4  Now, Jake,' grandmother was saying, 'if you can find that old rooster that got his comb froze, just give his neck a twist, and we'll take him along.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
5  No one was in sight, the smooth road sloped invitingly before her, and finding the temptation irresistible, Jo darted away, soon leaving hat and comb behind her and scattering hairpins as she ran.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOURTEEN
6  There were the means of washing in the room, and a comb and brush to smooth my hair.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  I then gave up my silver and copper money, my purse, with nine large pieces of gold, and some smaller ones; my knife and razor, my comb and silver snuff-box, my handkerchief and journal-book.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
8  I thought it was better to borrow Captain Hopkins's knife and fork, than Captain Hopkins's comb.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
9  My hair had known no comb or brush since I left London.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
10  "I am very glad I persuaded him to receive extreme unction tomorrow," she said, sitting in her dressing jacket before her folding looking glass, combing her soft, fragrant hair with a fine comb.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 19
11  Nevertheless, when she combed her beautiful hair in the morning with an old broken comb, and it flowed about her like floss silk, she experienced a moment of happy coquetry.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN'S SUCCESS
12  That evening she went into a barber's shop at the corner of the street, and pulled out her comb.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS
13  But by good luck the dwarfs came in very early that evening; and when they saw Snowdrop lying on the ground, they thought what had happened, and soon found the poisoned comb.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In SNOWDROP
14  One night last summer he glared at me like Famine and Sword, and it made me feel so low that I didn't comb out my few hairs for two days.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 2 A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
15  He asked for Arina Vlasyevna to comb his hair, kissed her hand, and swallowed two gulps of tea.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence:
1  Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.
2  After applying the cream, comb through to ensure even distribution.
3  She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair.
4  He quickly dragged a comb through his hair.
5  They shear sheep of their fleece, which they then comb into separate strands of wool.
6  "You got anything to play music on?" "I ain' got nuffn but a coase comb en a piece o' paper, en a juice-harp; but I reck'n dey wouldn' take no stock in a juice-harp."
7  I was combing my hair and it was just falling out in clumps.
8  No matter how carefully Albert combed his hair to make it look as full as possible, it still looked sparse.
9  Ranged on benches down the sides of the room, the eighty girls sat motionless and erect; a quaint assemblage they appeared, all with plain locks combed from their faces, not a curl visible.
10  Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon.
11  She combed her hair and put on some lipstick.
12  The meticulous netizens who had combed through the user agreement found that users had granted perpetual rights to all content they uploaded.