brunette

Example Sentences

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Brian was 6 feet 4 and a moppy-haired brunette musician with magnetic stage presence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"I am returning to the big ice," the skater from Kazan announced on Telegram earlier this month, her formerly brunette hair now streaked with blonde highlights.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

ChatGPT, perhaps drawing on data showing that there are far more dark-haired people in the world than blondes, decided to make her a brunette.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

He met his wife, Mary Lou, in 1956, brunette and pretty, wearing bobby socks at a fraternity mixer at Michigan State.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

A short brunette leans out of the truck and deposits stacks of mail at each stop.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller