Definitions
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- adjective of black tinged with grey
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Examples
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Johnny asked, fingers skimming over the gray-black smoothness.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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Some combinations show more color contrast in the gray-black range than others.
Phelps on Culture and Dynamism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A gray-black, alternately smooth and craggy rock the size of a baked potato and mounted on a simple blue rod, it has an improbable and important story to tell.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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A gray-black, alternately smooth and craggy rock the size of a baked potato and mounted on a simple blue rod, it has an improbable and important story to tell.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Johnny asked, fingers skimming over the gray-black smoothness.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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Johnny asked, fingers skimming over the gray-black smoothness.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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What would you say to a soft, brown face, aureoled in a thousand ripples of gray-black hair, which knells suddenly: “Do you trust white people?”
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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As they headed toward divorce, Gayle and Craig Myers had only one bone of contention: Who would have the right to keep Lucky, their 16-pound gray-black Lhasa apso.
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As they headed toward divorce, Gayle and Craig Myers had only one bone of contention: Who would have the right to keep Lucky, their 16-pound gray-black Lhasa apso.
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For years, scientists have assumed that huitlacoche (WEET-LA-KO-CHEE) – a gnarly, gray-black corn fungus long-savored in Mexico – had nutritional values similar to those of the corn on which it grew.
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