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noun

a light bluish-grey colour
(as adjective)pearl-grey shoes

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Words nearby pearl grey

pearlescent, pearl essence, pearleye, pearlfish, pearl gray, pearl grey, Pearl Harbor, pearlite, pearlized, pearl millet, pearl molding

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How to use pearl grey in a sentence

Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.
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Artists Under Hitler successfully manages to add some grey to the generally black-and-white conversation about Nazis and art.
Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The acts Grey performs on Steele are all popular among BDSM enthusiasts.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We sat in rows of grey steel fold out chairs that faced a model of the compound in Abbottabad.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Here, only the twisting grey concrete under his tires disturbed the desolate wild.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The handkerchief glimmered on the counter, more white than anything else in that grey dusk.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
The Spanish men-of-war, which were always painted white, had their colour changed to dark grey like the American ships.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
"The Seorita is a pearl of prudence and discretion: do whatever she desired you," said Alphonse.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
I must admit that there is some excuse for you; the pearl of Andalusia is undoubtedly ravissante.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various