ashen-grey

As I stand thinking of these things, there come dropping on to my head from above the low-spoken, ashen-grey words:

Through Russia 2003

He seemed to be fairly old for his moustache was ashen-grey.

Dubliners 2003

The colour of the body is half red, half ashen-grey, like that of the so-called chestnut horse, but rougher.

The History of Animals 2002

Then there is the scalidris, with plumage ashen-grey, but speckled.

The History of Animals 2002

Pippin looked up, and it seemed to him that the sky had grown ashen-grey, as if a vast dust and smoke hung above them, and light came dully through it.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

By about ten o'clock a large part of the sky was lined with heavy clouds, shading from ashen-grey into iron-colour and perfect black; at times this sooty mass, seeking an outlet upon the earth, burst asunder, revealing a sinister light through the crevices.

Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke

He has grown ashen-grey, and the other hand resting on the back of the chair is visibly trembling.

A Little Rebel A Novel

With dying eyes and lolling heads, those ashen-grey

Modern British Poetry Louis Untermeyer 1931

And afterwards they labored and sweated, and by dint of persistent effort, and every device at their command, they fanned into life once more the faint spark in the ashen-grey form that lay before them.

Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

With dying eyes and lolling heads, -- those ashen-grey

The Art of Letters Robert Lynd 1914