dye
noun
a coloring material or matter.
Example Sentences
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Once, after a worker dyed her hair blonde, she rushed back to the hairdresser to make it black again, worried she would look out of place at the company, the worker said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Everyone thought, since I was about eight, that I dyed my hair," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
In a 2020 UK study, 51% of employers admitted turning down a candidate because of the way they looked, with managers indicating they had been influenced by scruffy clothes or poorly dyed hair.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some attendees arrived with dyed crimson hair, others with orange or pink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
The rubakha was simple linen, dyed blue, with a black belt around his waist.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
