dye
noun
a coloring material or matter.
was dyeing
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past progressiveof dye.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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While she was dyeing them, “sitting in the studio, heating sprinkles up with a hair dryer,” Ms. Taymour realized, she said, “I’m, like, actually a psychopath right now.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
Mason was dyeing her 16-year-old daughter Cheyenne’s hair blue, she thinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
Barely 100 yards away, behind a battered metal gate, the Surma Garments factory was dyeing fabric in a shade of dark purple.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2013
Hill and Beard joined the American Blues, whose gimmick was dyeing their hair blue.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2012
People had not seen her looking like this before, for now the sudden sunlight was dyeing the chestnut filly the brilliant color of a girl's red-gold hair.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
