Example Sentences

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“People were dyeing things in bathtubs, or painting and draping in their homes,’’ Risso said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020

Suddenly, women with long brown hair were dyeing it blond or cutting it short, thinking they would be less vulnerable.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2017

The East and the West cheek by jowl, even to pyramids of Dutch cheeses which the Genoese were dyeing red by contact with their hands.

From Tartarin of Tarascon by Daudet, Alphonse