ashen

Example Sentences

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The sky over British Columbia was ashen and spitting indifferent snow as I navigated the slush to the Vancouver soundstage where much of the show was filmed.

From New York Times

A wildfire in the California wilderness has come to an end, and what’s left behind is a blackened landscape of skeletal pines and leafless oaks, scorched meadows and ashen stumps where saplings once stood.

From Seattle Times

As the results and early gossip started coming in, Lord Wigley "went ashen white" because Plaid could well be the largest party and "the reality was we were not ready for that".

From BBC

On the wall, in their brown and ashen hues, they anticipate the sculptural installations of found objects by Nari Ward.

From New York Times

Russia’s gains have left towns and cities as ashen husks, bombed out, deserted and often lined by freshly dug graves.

From New York Times