- present participle of gray.
graying
Example Sentences
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They are graying and a bit world-weary now as they file into a courtroom in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Where is the graying legal scholar sitting in a humid Cape Cod cottage who wouldn’t love to dive into some arcane case law and get justice for a game-changing superstar?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
More recent new construction hasn’t replaced America’s graying housing stock, meaning the age of the median home is a record 44 years, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeff Schmid has found a silver lining in America’s graying demographics: All of those extra visits to the doctor are good for the economy.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Then she described the head itself, the open eyes, the graying skin.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
