- 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
You are a grey-headed old fellow, Don Scipio, and by the course of nature, you know, you cannot live long.
From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by John O'Keeffe
"You were at Carthagena," I said sternly, thinking of the old grey-headed general who had died at his post.
From Laid up in Lavender by Stanley J. Weyman
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 W. C. (William Charles) Scully
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