Example Sentences

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Some of them were decorated with coral which has bleached over the centuries.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

He even has bleached his hair as another accessory to the loungey outfit.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

The sun has bleached the chairman's once-red sun halo to a faint shade of peach.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2014

Second, my grossest training swimming suit – pinkish grey where chlorine has bleached it – steeped in banal memories.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2013

"The worthiest poets have remained uncrowned Till death has bleached their foreheads to the bone."

From Education and the Higher Life by Spalding, J. L.