greyish

Example Sentences

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As a result, affected lighter skins adopt a bluish or greyish tinge.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

The JBL Tour One M2 looks similar to the original Tour One, though this is also available in a greyish beige “champagne” finish.

From The Verge • Aug. 30, 2022

As Jane Grigson explains in Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery, saltpetre was traditionally used when brining hams to give them “an attractive rosy appearance when otherwise it would be a murky greyish brown”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2018

He picks up a long wooden pole and uses it to point to a small mound of a greyish purple powder sitting on a board on one of the lab tables.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2014

The wick had long since burned away, and all that remained of the oil was a faint greyish stain.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver