Example Sentences

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But as the years progress, his joints will stiffen and his muzzle will gray.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Most noteworthy may be that 2010 signee safety John Timu of Long Beach is not listed, so he will gray shirt this season and enroll later to allow his knee to continue to rehab.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2010

I cannot think that time will gray That sun-bright head, nor bear away One dimple in those rose-cheeks hid; Sure he were daring if he did.

From Songs Ysame by Bacon, Albion Fellows

Yet," said the secret voice, "some time,   Sooner or later, will gray prime   Make thy grass hoar with early rime.

From The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Collins, John Churton

What will gray eyes and red cheeks be good for there?

From Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston by Ruskin, John