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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of tie-dye.

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Examples

  • Inside, Lizzy bustles about the kitchen in a homemade tie-dyed apron, setting the dinner table in the sparsely furnished but tidy front room, the walls of which bear dozens of family photographs and a large painting of Jesus.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Our set was a tie-dyed sheet and a Christmas wreath light, and we performed in a cramped classroom.

    HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day The Huffington Post 2011

  • Balding and bearded, with a ponytail and a tie-dyed shirt, he looked to be about 60 and introduced himself simply as “Hawkeye.”

    Cannabusiness 2009

  • The tie-dyed shirt the grandkids had made him with help from an adventurous aunt.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • Balding and bearded, with a ponytail and a tie-dyed shirt, he looked to be about 60 and introduced himself simply as “Hawkeye.”

    Cannabusiness 2009

  • Our set was a tie-dyed sheet and a Christmas wreath light, and we performed in a cramped classroom.

    HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day The Huffington Post 2011

  • Tightly closed tie-dyed drapes blocked out all but a few needle holes of sunlight.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • Because American teens are getting bigger, too, you're more likely to find a 16 on the junior floor than the designer floor, but the style frilly, pouffy, short, sleeveless, tie-dyed! would look ridiculous on a woman of a certain age.

    Charla Krupp: Shopping for My Mom: How Fashion Fails Real Women Charla Krupp 2011

  • Dr. Poland was a rock star: blond, perfect teeth, kind of hippie-looking, and she dressed real cool with these tie-dyed shirts and you could tell there was something of the flower child about her.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Because American teens are getting bigger, too, you're more likely to find a 16 on the junior floor than the designer floor, but the style frilly, pouffy, short, sleeveless, tie-dyed! would look ridiculous on a woman of a certain age.

    Charla Krupp: Shopping for My Mom: How Fashion Fails Real Women Charla Krupp 2011

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