yellowy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of yellowy
Example Sentences
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Stellers are lighter-colored yellowy giants that you are more likely to spot in Washington state or Alaska.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
She thought of old movies filmed with this same yellowy filter over the lens: apocalypse, end of the world.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2022
"That's why we see that yellowy colour, because it is getting dominant."
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2022
The greens: Discard any yellowy greens before cooking.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
I feel my eyes getting rounder and rounder, the pupils enlarging like an owl’s: for an hour I’ve been looking at slides, yellowy, sometimes unfocused slides of white marble women with flat-topped heads.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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