Example Sentences

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Taylore told me the first thing she noticed was that “he was blond,” and she normally goes for brunettes.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

“So far we’ve been able to find it for brunettes but we can’t get there for blondes and that’s the only chemical that I use. So we’re working on it.”

From Fox News • Aug. 9, 2019

His penchant for brunettes - Ava Gardner, Jane Russell, Yvonne De Carlo, Linda Darnell, Faith Domergue and Jean Peters, among others - could have stymied a witness at a police lineup.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2018

On a half-dozen asymmetrically stacked television monitors downstairs, cartoon brunettes in ankle boots were performing what looked like tai chi in front of a waterfall, dolphins plunging around them.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2012

"And she knew I preferred brunettes," Auguste adds.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton