- a variation of gray-headed.
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
In the first place he turned to the grey-headed Cossack, who was lamenting the loss of his parents.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
One by one the grey-headed peers arrived, each with a face of extreme gravity, as suited the momentous occasion.
From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
Is it so beautiful that when I become old and grey-headed, you may look at my picture and remember your love, your feelings for me, when we were both young?'
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
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