How to Use redheaded in a Sentence
redheaded
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So the Olsen twins were, in fact, fired and replaced with two redheaded kids.
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 25 Apr. 2023 -
In May 1994, Chris gave birth to their first child, a girl named Franki, and three years later, a doughy redheaded boy named Sam.
— Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 7 Aug. 2017 -
My strongest guess is that as a big fan of Annie, I was drawn to this other redheaded orphan of the same name.
— Jenny J. Hart, Country Living, 6 Dec. 2016 -
Toward the end of the story, the redheaded woman tells the narrator not to do something.
— Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017 -
At some point over the past decade or so, the phone call became the redheaded stepchild of communication.
— Katherine Bindley, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2020 -
As with the second movie, the redheaded star will once again be played by Ella Ballentine.
— Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2018 -
The actress even teased the redheaded man about his resemblance to Ed Sheeran.
— Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022 -
His first kiss with Nancy, then a redheaded teenager, in 1971.
— Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 -
But many redheaded kids are subject to bullying on any (and sometimes every) day of the year.
— Jessica Matlin, Allure, 15 Feb. 2018 -
He’s a redheaded, tall, gangly, weird man who doesn’t shy away from being weird.
— Dan Reilly, Vulture, 24 June 2021 -
But in more recent years, the boyish, redheaded prince has become one of the most beloved members of the royal family.
— Jenny Gross, WSJ, 19 May 2018 -
The real consciousness-raising kicks in when the men get a surprise visit from a redheaded stranger.
— Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 2 July 2018 -
Their waitress was a perky redheaded teenager with a British accent.
— Marsha Porter, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024 -
The redheaded center writes with admirable candor about his failings as a player and the betrayals of his body.
— John Swansburg, New York Times, 1 June 2016 -
At the end of the night, Patricia liked a redheaded, curly-haired rhythm guitarist who looked a whole lot older than us and seemed nervous and itchy during the audition.
— Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 -
Hundreds of chatty gulls and terns crowded on the rocks, a few redheaded turkey vultures standing among them.
— Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023 -
One is a redheaded Aussie who works in corporate branding.
— Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 -
Mrs. O -Lady Gaga is the latest celebrity to join Hollywood's redheaded league.
— Veronique Hyland, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2011 -
Jennifer J gives her redheaded clients a small vial of their hair color (at $45 a pop) to apply two weeks after their salon visit.
— Alanna Greco, Marie Claire, 2 Jan. 2016 -
Later the redheaded woman turns up dead, and a cop comes to ask her if she’s noticed anything suspicious in the neighborhood.
— Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023 -
In Brown’s painting there’s a hint of a pink bed and a redheaded woman lying on it, gazing toward us — all captured in a large circle that seems to be a mirror.
— Roberta Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023 -
After years of being the redheaded stepchild of the concert touring biz – or at least feeling like that – Cleveland finally got back into the big time in 2017.
— cleveland.com, 31 Dec. 2017 -
One person tweeted that the casting was not in keeping with the original version of a white, redheaded mermaid.
— Lisa Respers France, CNN, 9 July 2019 -
Mayor Dennis is the chubby redheaded dude in an AT&T commercial that’s making the viral rounds this week.
— Robert McMillan, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2011 -
That’s when a redheaded fan, wearing a Baker Mayfield jersey and sporting a tattoo on his right arm, threw beer in Ryan’s face, according to videos and the lawsuit.
— John Caniglia, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2019 -
And the gun case is particularly good because the Second Amendment is sort of the redheaded child for liberals.
— WSJ, 27 Feb. 2017 -
Archie refuses, until Hiram reminds him of the blood oath, at which point our redheaded hero agrees but asks Hiram to let his dad out of his contract in exchange.
— Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 22 Mar. 2018 -
Brooklyn and Savannah, identical redheaded twins, with their sister Cheyenne, have been attending the kids’ camp for the past ten years.
— Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 -
Isla Fisher has long been confused for Amy Adams — the two redheaded actresses, both two years apart in age and an inch apart in height, sharing a similar look.
— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2017 -
Without getting nerdy about it, Batwoman is not Batgirl, that feisty, redheaded ancillary to the Batmans and Robins of yore.
— Hank Stuever, Houston Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2019
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