auburn
Example Sentences
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Every autumn, as leaves turn from green to auburn and float to the ground, we turn into a nation of outdoor undertakers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
“Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color, but it hurts just the same.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
McDonagh is described as being about 5ft 2in in height and of stocky build with auburn hair and green eyes.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023
More than a half-century later, Lollobrigida still turned heads with a head full of auburn curly hair and her statuesque figure.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023
Rickon was to his right, his mop of shaggy auburn hair grown so long that it brushed his ermine mantle.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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