ashy

Fred Allerton was suddenly grown old and bent; his poor face was sunken, and the skin had an ashy look like that of a dying man.

His face was worn and ashy, but his eyes burned with a piteous fire.

His relaxed features had the hue of death, and his parched lips, from a livid blue, became of an ashy whiteness.

And to Pierre, once again the empty hand lifted itself, and once again the ashy hand fell.