ashen light
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Rousing at last from a heavy dreamless sleep the judge was aware of a faint impalpable light in his room, the ashen light of a dull October dawn.
From The Prodigal Judge by Kester, Vaughan
At noon there was no sunshine, only a wan, ashen light that suffused the sky.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
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