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Meanings of grey in English
Eye color.
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Intermediate color between black and white; for e.g. color of a cloud-covered sky, ash and lead.
Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.
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Examples for "grayness"
Examples for "grayness"
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A light snow fell from the silent soft grayness of the sky.
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The feeling of cold grayness was everywhere around me- asenseof resignation.
3
All will be born in suffering, endless grayness shall be their lot.
4
But in the back of my thoughts, a dim female grayness reappeared.
5
There was a grayness about his cheeks; fine, wire-like lines about his mouth.
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The hard grey of his eyes met the soft greyness of hers.
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The greyness deepened over Austin's face and the pain in his eyes.
3
Eastward, the shadows of every seen thing crept toward the coming greyness.
4
They were prominent landmarks rising from the limp greyness of his skin.
5
What were those little glints and flashes in the greyness of it?
Usage of grey in English
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However, away from official channels, unregulated grey market trade continues to flourish.
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However, what is considered a private label is becoming a grey area.
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Our new report attempted to shed some light on this grey area.
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Being young, articulate and media-savvy has advantages in a grey political environment.
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And its grey approach very much makes you question your own views.
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You can cook sea bass and grey mullet in the same way.
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Where possible, save the grey water from your washing machine to flush.
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She had been grey as grey a moment ago, a Moth indeed.
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Just kidding, they tread the very grey area between right and wrong.
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We want a green economy not a grey economy in the world.
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It was morning; dawn was old; and pale and grey and unhappy.
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The chancellor is in danger encouraging a new era of grey activism.
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The grey band of the costa crosses the top of the head.
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And then the incident of the grey cloth seen by young McCarthy.
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Smartly dressed in a grey suit, he's in droll good form tonight.
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IT is a grey March morning; grey and surprisingly cold but dry.
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