dyed-in-the-wool
Example Sentences
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Hailing from a dyed-in-the-wool Social Democratic family, she is the daughter of a typographer and a pre-school teacher.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
It is hard to overstate the significance of these words coming from the pen of a deeply conservative, dyed-in-the-wool Federalist Society stalwart like Pryor.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025
A dyed-in-the-wool theater kid who got her start in the Disney universe, Rodrigo is still using her power to heal those afflicted with the disease of adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024
That’s always going to be a challenge because when you don’t have legitimate dyed-in-the-wool football people calling the shots, then you have to try to make sense of it.’’
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024
Robert Sweitzer was a dyed-in-the-wool Catholic Democrat, brother-in-law to a powerful Democratic ward politician.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
