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Meanings of ashen in English

Anemic looking from illness or emotion.

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                Usage of ashen in English
                1
                Her skin was ashen; I found her pulse: sixty beats per minute.
                Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
                2
                Bahadur Khan stood ashen grey in the light of the one lamp.
                The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
                3
                He seemed in the utmost alarm, his face quite ashen with terror.
                In the Wrong Paradise, and Other Stories
                4
                She looked at him wildly; her face was ashen as she continued:
                The Net
                5
                The ashen shadow had deepened upon the face of the dying man.
                French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
                6
                She appeared to be pale and thin; her hair was ashen blond.
                The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 2
                7
                RELUCTANTLY the ashen dawn is bleaching the still dark and formless landscape.
                Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
                8
                Varick was ashen; and he looked dazed-utterlyunlike his usual collected self.
                From out the Vasty Deep
                9
                Kauf and the others, their faces weirdly ashen, clustered about in fright.
                The Film Mystery
                10
                Penelope couldn't help but sweep his ashen remains into a neat pile.
                A nameless witch
                11
                Emory's complexion had grown so ashen she'd been thinking the same thing.
                Frontier courtship
                12
                The light fell full upon her ashen face and eyes of horror.
                The Swindler and Other Stories
                13
                The blush of shame has passed from Harvey's face; he is ashen.
                The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
                14
                It was the peddler, with ashen face and eyes rolling with fear.
                The Days of Mohammed
                15
                The Colonel's cigar dropped from his shaking hand; his face was ashen.
                Flamsted quarries
                16
                His face changed from ashen gray to the livid hue of death.
                The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
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                Ashen through the time
                Ashen across language varieties
                United Kingdom
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                United States of America
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