Example Sentences

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The film's star Taron Egerton said Scotland having "greyness in abundance" was the ideal substitute for Moscow.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

"I love seeing colour in the greyness of winter. I really wanted a particularly colourful collection that was very embroidered, something warm."

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2021

“They played poorly, but with passion,” wrote DJ and music critic Diego Manrique, who added that their sheer loudness, both in volume and colour, contrasted wildly with “the greyness of the Franco regime.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2020

“There was a greyness everywhere,” the Merthyr Express reported.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019

A sunken temple loomed up out of the greyness as Yandry and Duck leaned upon their poles and paced slowly from prow to stem, pushing.

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