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The recent brides wore their dreamy pink-hued and floral frocks to the 2025 Australian Open, according to People.—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 31 May 2026 Inside the columns, microbes and algae establish different zones over time, creating vividly hued layers.—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 Paula Kamps, a painter whose softly hued paintings showing flowers and blurring figures gained her recognition in Europe and the US, died at 36.—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026 These blue, pink, and purple flowers are so brilliantly hued as a result of the country’s rainy season.—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hued
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of hued was
before the 12th century