dyed-in-the-wool
Example Sentences
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A lot of dyed-in-the-wool activists were turned off by the flippancy of AOC’s riposte, and even with my own recent grappling over the problematic emotional landscape of the movement, I can understand why.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hailing from a dyed-in-the-wool Social Democratic family, she is the daughter of a typographer and a pre-school teacher.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
But back in Cavett’s day, top decision-makers at the networks were still dyed-in-the-wool broadcasting executives.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
That’s always going to be a challenge because when you don’t have legitimate dyed-in-the-wool football people calling the shots, then you have to try to make sense of it.’’
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“Never thought I’d hear something like that coming from a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist like you!”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
