Sentence examples for a rough grey from inspiring English sources

By contrast, to one side is a boudoir-like cigar room entirely rendered in red; to the other, antique chandeliers appear to dangle from the ceiling on ribbons; up the central staircase, a stained glass window is set next to a rough grey brick wall and an installation of wood-carved deer and antelope.

The autumn high street is now awash with these mournful nail shades: lacquers the colour of milky tea, dirty rain puddles, wintry red wines and school blazers (such as Essie's Cashmere Bathrobe, £7.99, which is more a lovely, rough grey flannel).

In one in Havana, a four-roll pack of rough grey lavatory paper costs $1.40.

Twelve-year-old Syed leans into a narrow concrete wall, staring at its rough grey surface as if his eyes could drill a hole to help him escape from his life.

Similarly, the rough grey fabric that clings to the walls like a fungus in a number of the installations is identifiable to a familiarised eye as the blanket fabric used in some township homes, dormitories and even prisons across southern Africa during cooler months.

It usually has a single stout trunk, which is often twisted and gnarled, with the rough grey bark characteristic of Banksia.

That voyage, across 50 miles of rough grey sea from the Outer Hebrides, felt daunting enough, but in a thick mist that arose between Harris and the islands I was told how Frank and his wife-to-be Margaret had sailed there in an open dinghy.

You could get them in the corner shop, huge pages of rough grey paper better suited to carpet underlay, and just stuck things in.

Long-bodied (between 10cm and 16cm) with short legs, they have rough grey, brown, bronze or green scales on their backs and males are usually darker than females.

The habit might be made of rough grey wool, but the character observes: "It comforted me more than if I were wearing lace and brocade … I was cocooned from the outside world".

The rough grey bark has fissures, the stems and branches are finely hairy when young and become smooth with age.