grey-headed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The grey-headed lapwing, which normally spends winters in India before moving to breeding grounds in China and Japan, was first spotted in Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, on Monday.
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
For more than a month, at Nelson's invitation, trim, grey-headed Dr. Luther Gulick, Federal trouble shooter, had been peering into WPB's innards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not only grey-headed rulers but tiny school-girls felt the power of the enchantress.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
There stood the grey-headed butler; how ominous was his face, how grave the faces of those men near him, all waiting, all dreading—what?
From It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry
The voyagers saw a venerable grey-headed old man with a harp in his hand.
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
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