- 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
The schoolmaster, an old grey-headed man, sat on a stool by the fire filling his pipe.
From Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
“I am old and grey-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you, and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.”
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
After wandering among brakes and rough, rocky places, we at last espied a grey-headed old man sitting on the brink of a lake.
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
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