dye
noun
a coloring material or matter.
had dyed
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past perfectof dye.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had dyed his waist-length beard red for the occasion, and wore a golden suit jacket.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023
By then, she had dyed her pink hair black.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2023
There was a situation once: Miley Cyrus showed up for a photo shoot, and the night before, she had dyed her hair herself.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
One morning, Castro said, Mark had dyed his hair and beard pink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
Sybil had dyed some burlap sacks to make a carpet, which Cora laid on when she got one of her headaches.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
