fair-haired

Example Sentences

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The baffling disappearance of a fair-haired, little boy from a remote Australian farm has been declared a major crime, with detectives pointing the finger at a suspect in his home.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

This is likely to have been a reference to eyewitness descriptions of a "fair-haired attacker", also known as the "blonde attacker", which the BBC revealed White resembled at the time of the murder.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

At a weekly outdoor market, Russian shoppers nearly outnumbered Turks, arriving with wheeled shopping baskets and fair-haired children in strollers to sample the olives and haggle with the cheese sellers.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

Stempel and Van Doren were an obvious contrast: The fair-haired and handsome Van Doren, and the relatively plain Stempel, a stocky, dark-haired man with glasses and a flat, nasally accent.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2020

They looked up, and the fair-haired one smiled at me.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss