gray
adjective
of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
grays
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present tense formof gray (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The biggest problem involved the neutral axis, the line of grays that runs from black to white.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026
Every now and then, Apple sets aside its palette of austere silvers and grays, using both color and lower price points to appeal to a broader, mostly younger, audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The broker had staged the house with attractive furniture in taupes and grays.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
Bulbs are defiant harbingers of spring in colder climes, sometimes pushing up through the snow in their zeal to greet the sun and spread a little color on a bleak landscape of slushy grays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025
They’re light grays and light greens and whites.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
