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  • On the other, an ashen-gray pallor lay over the land, covering both sides of the Sisquoc, the Hurricane Deck, and surrounding Cachuma Mountain.

    Zaca Fire Into Wilderness 2007

  • On the other, an ashen-gray pallor lay over the land, covering both sides of the Sisquoc, the Hurricane Deck, and surrounding Cachuma Mountain.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • “Why do you stand gaping there?” cried the dwarf, and his ashen-gray face became copper-red with rage.

    Household Tales 2003

  • “What are you standing there gaping for?” screamed the dwarf, and his ashen-gray face became scarlet with rage.

    The Blue Fairy Book 2003

  • She had an ashen-gray face full of wrinkles, blear eyes, and red hair.

    Household Tales 2003

  • Louis stood up, gathered his papers together, and walked out of the courtroom, “his face drawn and ashen-gray,” one paper reported.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • Louis stood up, gathered his papers together, and walked out of the courtroom, “his face drawn and ashen-gray,” one paper reported.

    Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

  • The gray tide had reached Vardanes 'knees; but, even as Conan watched, the flesh of the upper legs was transmuted into ashen-gray stone.

    Conan the Wanderer Howard, Robert E. 1974

  • -- "White ashen-gray pulpy cords, which are found in the brain."

    Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City Sarah F. Buckelew

  • As the flickering rays of the tropical sun began to shoot above the pale, ashen-gray hue of the eastern horizon, the prisoner was led to the foot of his prospective tomb.

    The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War

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