What is "comb through"

Usage examples of "comb through".

It was natural enough, so near her time, she thought, watching the younger woman's bony hands pulling the comb through the matted hair.

She teased the comb through the tangles, smoothing out strand after strand, and stroked Morgaine's head affectionately.

Touching her hair, she discovered that the other woman was right and began working the comb through the tangles.

The Traders had a different touch, and seemed to be asking permission each time they drew a comb through.

She turned her head to the side, slowly drawing the comb through it.

I sipped carefully at a second glass, as the woman tugged a comb through the thickets of my hair.

Then Alice set to work on Grace's hair, sitting her down on the bench before the fire and slowly drawing a wooden comb through the wet strands.

He mopped his brow, ran a comb through his hair, and lit a cigarette.

I wondered, briefly, if my father had ever struggled to get a comb through his.

Old Widow Lau then undid my messy braids and dragged a wet comb through my hair.

It was undoubtedly a weakness in his character that he couldn't resist her request, that if her hand guiding a comb through his hair was all he could have, he'd take it.