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  • Gloria had blue eyes and gray-streaked black hair that she pushed behind her ear with the back of her hand.

    Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011

  • LETSON: Today, 57-year-old Marcoux's gray-streaked hair reaches the middle of his back.

    Former Oregon Lumber Town Tries To Reinvent Itself 2010

  • When I finally got to the room listed for my so-called easy elective, the door was closed and blocked by a stocky woman with gray-streaked brown hair and huge glasses.

    Freefall Mindi Scott 2010

  • With gray-streaked hair, she looked more like a librarian than anyone who hung around these killers.

    My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler 2010

  • Katherine Mangu-Ward was on hand from the Wall Street Journal, and she described the scene: “Old hippies with gray-streaked ponytails, sporting their best Indian radical-chic finery, arrived early and waited in a marble hallway of the District Court here, chowing down on breakfast burritos from the cafeteria.”

    HAVE YOU SEEN MY COUNTRY LATELY? JERRY DOYLE 2010

  • A green scarf hugged the gray-streaked black curls framing her face.

    Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010

  • Without a trace of self-consciousness, Marcel lifted off the mask and placed it on the floor beside his chair, revealing an imposing Gallic nose, a gray-streaked spade of a beard, wet brown eyes, and black hair slicked back to resemble patent leather.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • Wearing a well-tailored suit with a smart-looking gray-streaked bob haircut, she set down a copy of Vogue and rose to her feet.

    Pure Paradise Allison Hobbs 2009

  • Hodge sat behind the enormous desk in a suit, his gray-streaked hair silvered by the dawn light.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • Behind the desk sat a thin man with gray-streaked hair and a long beaky noise.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

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