balding
losing hair on the scalp; becoming bald: a middle-aged, balding man.
the process of becoming bald: There are numerous causes for balding, such as genetics and poor nutrition.
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How to use balding in a sentence
Overwhelmed with thoughts of death and my newly balding head, on July 22, I went back to Mount Bullion and pulled up to the summit.
A balding and bespectacled 70-year-old, Russo first became interested in marijuana back in the 1990s, when he noticed the relief that many of his patients got from the drug.
The feud between a weed influencer and scientist over puking stoners | Amanda Chicago Lewis | July 20, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewAfraz is short, with a dark horseshoe mustache and balding dome covered partially by a thin ponytail, reminiscent of Matthew McConaughey in True Detective.
An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience - Issue 94: Evolving | Grigori Guitchounts | December 30, 2020 | NautilusClean-shaven and balding, Saleem is in his forties and walks with a limp.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a somber tone, the balding man with white hair describes having lost two sons in the war, both of them fighters with Fatah.
Hamas Claims ‘Victory’ Amid the Rubble of Gaza | Jesse Rosenfeld | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sitting at the desk was a man in his mid- to late 40s, balding, conventionally dressed in slacks and an Oxford shirt, no tie.
Writing a Novel: Even Making It Up Requires Research | Ridley Pearson | July 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe portly, balding Sabah, a father of two, glances nervously at the television.
In 2012, Donnelly, balding and bespectacled, arrived at the airport in Ontario.
Inside California's Crazy Race To Be The GOP Gubernatorial Candidate | Olivia Nuzzi | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLieutenant Tokugawa Nariaki was an average-sized, sleepy-looking individual with a balding crew cut and a morose expression.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettUnder the trees, she raised up on tiptoe and kissed the balding forehead of a tall, dark-robed priest.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyDivision Chief Reinhardt was a heavy-set, balding man, built like a professional wrestler.
The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)Now the balding, bearded physicists sat in the front row when the appropriations were spooned out.
Cue for Quiet | Thomas L. SherredThe sun shone with a dim and windy light out of the sky that was hard with a pie-balding of cloud.
My Danish Sweetheart., Volume 2 of 3 | William Clark Russell
British Dictionary definitions for balding
/ (ˈbɔːldɪŋ) /
somewhat bald or becoming bald
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