She was in her robe, barefoot, and she hadn't brushed her hair.

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Kilroy had a stunted appearance, accentuated by oiled black hair sleekly brushed straight back, making the top of his head seem flat.

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Berkowitz often seems to make Casual Friday a week-long affair and attended in a loosely buttoned blue shirt, his thin hair, brushed straight back, nearly fell to his shoulders.

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They brought me a glass of water and Emily, giggling all the while, brushed the sweated thatch of hair from my forehead.

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Like many bald men, he believed that he could make up for his lack by wearing what hair he had brushed forward, Roman style which never works and by cultivating an abundant mustache.

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His greying hair is neatly brushed over his ears.

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And, beyond this, he realized that when he rose in the stable and brushed the horsehair from his clothes, then crossed to the house and took up a brush made from the hair of another animal, he became more than he was taken for.

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