bleached
Example Sentences
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Liu was older, 7 inches taller, with bleached hair and piercings, practically unrecognizable from the wispy child she’d been at U.S. nationals in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
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
Unless ocean temperatures return to more tolerable levels, bleached corals are unable to recover and eventually die of starvation.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
“You promised you’d be nice,” the Bride teases when he makes fun of her groom’s bleached hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
They’re near the river’s edge and there’s a forked tree just this side of them along the riverbank, bleached and leafless, like it maybe once got struck by lightning.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
