white-haired
Example Sentences
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Ms. Rosenwein quotes the Spartan poet Tyrtaeus, summarizing his opinion that “when a white-haired man falls to the enemy, he is a ‘shameful sight,’ whereas a young man dead on the battlefield is beautiful.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
But it can be tough on the ego, as I quickly learned when a frail white-haired woman out-punched me one day while screaming at the bag.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025
The 17-year-old girl could be seen walking alongside Hamas militants to a waiting Red Cross Jeep with her small, white-haired dog named Bella.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023
"I wondered whether I could go in there as me and dispel a few myths about older, short, fat, white-haired women," she said.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2023
She could imagine him, this seafaring friend, white-haired and weatherbeaten, coming shyly to the door with his small treasures from some distant shore.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
