How to Use redheaded in a Sentence

redheaded

adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Others were upset that Disney did not cast a redheaded actress.
    Rocky Baier, azcentral, 4 July 2019
  • Running along the sideline trailing running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Robert Woods is a redheaded kid.
    Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017

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