Definitions
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- noun A shiny pale grey colour.
- adjective Of a shiny pale grey colour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of grey resembling silver
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Examples
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We searched, as a team, for what seemed like ages, following these tiny silver-grey darts through the air.
Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010
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My particular obsession is with the uncurated, unplanned mini-events that are the human statues dotted along the riverbank: those long-suffering individuals who cover themselves and all their clothes in silver-grey paint though there are numerous variations on this and don't move a muscle.
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My particular obsession is with the uncurated, unplanned mini-events that are the human statues dotted along the riverbank: those long-suffering individuals who cover themselves and all their clothes in silver-grey paint though there are numerous variations on this and don't move a muscle.
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The plain-furred Pallas's cat melts into the treeless steppes of central Asia, while the small Andean mountain cat has a silver-grey coat that matches the rocky landscape.
How the leopard really got his spots Ian Sample 2010
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He is wearing a blue polo shirt, silver-grey hair swept back from his forehead, trademark tortoiseshell glasses always on.
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Seated behind him was a stunning, tough-tired-looking, middle-aged woman with a silver-grey braid hanging halfway down her back.
Was It The Gang Or the Bang I Desired? MaryAnne Kolton 2011
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Having ferried themselves on scooters all these years, the Sharmas bought a brand-new, silver-grey hatchback known as the Tata Indica.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » India Hits the Road — Ouch! 2008
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Having ferried themselves on scooters all these years, the Sharmas bought a brand-new, silver-grey hatchback known as the Tata Indica.
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Having ferried themselves on scooters all these years, the Sharmas bought a brand-new, silver-grey hatchback known as the Tata Indica.
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He smiles at me like it's the most obvious thing on earth, his face alive with boyish enthusiasm even though he turned 68 last week, his well-groomed silver-grey hair lending an air of statesmanlike authority.
Martin Scorsese: '3D is liberating. Every shot is rethinking cinema' Mark Kermode 2010
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