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
A grey-headed foreigner and a beautiful young woman—a foreigner also.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
He came across an old grey-headed soldier rolling methodically a cigarette.
From The Truants by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
"Oh! my God! what times!" cried the king's groom of the chambers, as he entered the apartments, while the queen's grey-headed servant covered his face with his hands.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
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