whitish
Example Sentences
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“There are some of the water marks,” he said, pointing to a line of whitish minerals coating the dark volcanic boulders, where water had once lapped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2025
He groans in pain, his eyes shut and face covered in whitish spots left behind by the healing sores.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
It may begin with loss of sensation on whitish patches of skin or reddened skin.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
Whereas coralline algae form thin, hard crusts that are pink or whitish, peyssonnelid algae make thicker, brown or dark red crusts that are often a little squishy above a hard base.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 6, 2023
Again a whitish object gleamed before me: it was a gate—a wicket; it moved on its hinges as I touched it.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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