bleached

Example Sentences

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It reflected a man with bleached blonde curls who left home in Barbados as a teenager to pursue his dreams in England.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 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

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

I thought then that maybe she bleached it, that hair dye was something else she could get through the black market, but I know now that it really is blond.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood