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- adjective of grey tinged with brown
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Examples
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The disturbance of his path sent small chunks of brownish-gray rock flying into the air.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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There lay a bleeding, brownish-gray she-wolf upon the rocks.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Kuro’s Review Forum 2009
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He reached into the black bucket with one hand and quickly pulled out a brownish-gray spongey looking piece of flesh, with a long black tail swinging from its bottom.
Michael O'Loughlin: Epiphany By Anatomy: How Seeing a Dead Body Helped Me Understand Life Michael O'Loughlin 2011
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“There lay a bleeding, brownish-gray she-wolf upon the rocks.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Kuro’s Review Forum 2009
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Far, far beyond, we sight the green of fields and hills; but ever below lies the river, blue,—brownish-gray, touched with the hint of hidden gold.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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The counters and white walls of the L-shaped kitchen were splattered with a hell of a lot of red blood and brownish-gray brain matter.
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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The counters and white walls of the L-shaped kitchen were splattered with a hell of a lot of red blood and brownish-gray brain matter.
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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I think the best I ever achieved was "dun," which is a fancy, fun-to-say word for a brownish-gray color.
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For the occasion, she wore a brownish-gray skirt suit with a fabric belt tied around her waist, matching slingback pointy-toed heels and a purple flower pendant.
Bettina Wulff Does Suit-And-Belt Combo: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) 2010
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For the occasion, she wore a brownish-gray skirt suit with a fabric belt tied around her waist, matching slingback pointy-toed heels and a purple flower pendant.
Bettina Wulff Does Suit-And-Belt Combo: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) 2010
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