Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"It was made with a thin, greyish pastry which had been spread with red jam before being loosely rolled up and presented flattened and in the shape and size of a small baby," she explains.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

As a result, affected lighter skins adopt a bluish or greyish tinge.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

The JBL Tour One M2 looks similar to the original Tour One, though this is also available in a greyish beige “champagne” finish.

From The Verge • Aug. 30, 2022

Of the several species, the greyish or reddish-brown Gilbert’s dragon L. gilberti is comparatively short-snouted and hence looks more Intellagama-like than some of the others.

From Scientific American • Jan. 17, 2014

But under the hood, his hair was white and thin, and his flesh had an old man’s greyish undertone.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin