as in blond
of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
the child with sandy hair really stood out among the brunettes
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Recent Examples of sandy
Lunch was served in the open-air lounge-bar-library-living room hybrid, while dinner unfolded under the stars in the sandy riverbed itself.
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Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
The mansion has 115 feet of sandy beach.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Poppy’s narration — full of descriptions of sandy beaches, sparkling pools, and humid AirBnbs — is what pulls the reader into her world.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
To begin construction, the male pushes its belly on the sandy seabed to make a central spot in the future circle.
—New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
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The actor, 42, sported a shaggy blonde hairstyle during a date night with girlfriend Monica Barbaro to see the Penn and Teller show in Las Vegas.—
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In a backstage photo, Garfield debuted a bold new hair transformation, ditching his wavy brunette locks for a curly long blonde look.—
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Her lips shine, too, with an ombré look in tawny brown hues, an effect created by makeup artist Bella Mayven with Charlotte Tilbury's Lip Cheat pencil in Foxy Brown and Big Lip Plumpgasm gloss in Nudegasm Diamonds.—
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The only movement is his coat, a tangle of tawny dreadlocks that ripples and waves in the stiff wind.—
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“Sandy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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