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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.
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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.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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“Why do you stand gaping there?” cried the dwarf, and his ashen-gray face became copper-red with rage.
Household Tales 2003
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“What are you standing there gaping for?” screamed the dwarf, and his ashen-gray face became scarlet with rage.
The Blue Fairy Book 2003
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She had an ashen-gray face full of wrinkles, blear eyes, and red hair.
Household Tales 2003
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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
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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
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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
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-- "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
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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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