milk-white
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of milk-white
before 1000; Middle English, Old English
Example Sentences
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Upstairs, near the relics of the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian, is the last work of 17th-century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini – a wild-haired bust of Jesus in milk-white marble.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 15, 2023
In the altarpiece panel depicting the nude Adam, moved to the MSK, you can see a dusting of individual black hairs on his milk-white thighs and calves, and even his toenails have been meticulously curved.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2020
The milk-white skin was dry to the touch, brownish and rough in places.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016
The massive, milk-white blimps can be grounded by bad weather and, if deployed in combat zones, would be especially vulnerable to enemy attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2015
They saw instead a most lovely milk-white hind springing into the forest.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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