bleached

Example Sentences

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Retinal cells at the back of the eyes which detect the light can get bleached, and take a while to recover.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Wooden balconies above the bar were bleached white from the heat, and several trees outside were scorched of all their leaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

It was her first day back, and she had just walked through a sea of scorched Joshua trees rising from blackened earth, their dagger-like leaves bleached an unhealthy yellow.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Unless ocean temperatures return to more tolerable levels, bleached corals simply cannot recover and eventually die of starvation.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Celia called over her shoulder, flipping her bleached hair out of the way.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia