Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An orange-gray color of moderate luminosity.

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Examples

  • She wore her smoke-gray hair long and stringy to her shoulders.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

  • She wore her smoke-gray hair long and stringy to her shoulders.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

  • She wore her smoke-gray hair long and stringy to her shoulders.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

  • She wore her smoke-gray hair long and stringy to her shoulders.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

  • The door to the limo popped open, revealing softly crushed smoke-gray leather and wood embalmed in polish so deeply it shined with an inner light.

    Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 18.1 of 31.1 2009

  • Harry watched the cloudy sky, curves of smoke-gray and silver sliding over the face of the white moon.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • Harry watched the cloudy sky, curves of smoke-gray and silver sliding over the face of the white moon.

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • Drumming a steady beat on the canal outside, the rain sheeted the panes of the long windows and dimmed the salon to a cavern of smoke-gray shadows.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Drumming a steady beat on the canal outside, the rain sheeted the panes of the long windows and dimmed the salon to a cavern of smoke-gray shadows.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • His eyes were hidden behind glasses tinted smoke-gray and his walk held a slight mince.

    The Village Bing West 2000

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