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henna

[hen-uh] / ˈhɛn ə /




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He then offered a lighthearted alternative: “Maybe they could do a henna one, and then commit to make it permanent if we hire them.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Light-up toys flashed in every kid’s hands and fireworks exploded overhead while henna artists inked swirling patterns onto excited patrons.

From Slate Apr. 5, 2025

A woman with henna tattoos prays during the Islamic Society of West Valley’s Eid celebration and open air prayer service at the Pierce College stadium in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2024

Researchers used lawsone, a red-orange compound found in henna leaves that has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, to boost the performance of cotton.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2024

I says, ‘You mean the lady got the henna hair? That’s my friend Miss Reilly. I’m learning her how to bowl.’

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

They both was fair, and each one had hair hennaed auburn-purple and dressed in curls.

From The Verge Mar. 1, 2018

With her long, hennaed hair, expressive voice and contagious energy, Manny is clearly the forward thrust of the Bear Creek engine.

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2013

The face of the heavily hennaed woman at the veggie burger van visible wrinkles in disgust the moment Hayden Thorpe starts belting out his fruity falsetto.

From The Guardian Aug. 6, 2011

Both Newsweek and ABC published pictures of her, and the Newsweek story describes her physically — “her dark hair is hennaed, straightened, and worn flat to her head,” for example.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2011

Ignatius patted his mother's hennaed hair with one of his huge paws.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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