Sentence examples for greyish from inspiring English sources
The word 'greyish' is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that is between grey and another color, or to describe something that has a hue of grey. For example, "The sky was a greyish blue."
adjective
Alternative spelling of grayish
This grinds it up with a macerator and then cooks it with scalding steam under high pressure until all that is left is a sterile greyish powder.
Meanwhile, the industry's relationship with government is becoming closer.All this suggests that the technology industry has already gone greyish at the temples since the bubble popped, and is likely to turn greyer still.
FOR a dull lump of greyish rock, ALH 84001 has had an eventful life.
A respected photographer in his own right, Mr Rosenblum's vintage images fetch about $4,000, while his wife, Naomi, is the author of several well-known books on American photography.Mr Rosenblum's vintage Hine photographs were cooler, almost greyish in tone compared with the warm brown tints of Hine's other vintage work.
I now understand better the force of the term "treading on eggshells", for greyish chicks and speckled eggs lay everywhere, easily overlooked on the guano-spattered rocks.
Reduced by war and neglect to a pair of greyish stone stumps on opposite banks of the river, its condition is an apt symbol for relations between the two countries.
The greyish-white metal's recent price rise follows increased demand from car makers for use in catalytic converters, and a decline in deliveries from Russia, the principal supplier.The price of oil reached its highest level since the Gulf war in 1991, with West Texas Intermediate crude hitting just over $30 a barrel and benchmark Brent crude remaining near recent high levels.
What were once two blue-and-white ceramic bowls in a 17th-century still-life by Jan Jansz Treck are now a mottled greyish-taupe.
The Hatemans also have followers a ghost called Hootman, Jellytussle (a quivering mass of greyish-blue jelly) and Hitmouse, a tiny skewer-carrying journalist who is forever scribbling disagreeable thoughts into his "hating book".
In 2008 smooth, greyish-silver, aluminium panels would go up over all the storefronts to just square off the building alignment.
These old-school conferences were fairly odd events, with a culture of their own: the Westminster bubble transplanted to out-of-season resorts by a greyish-brown sea.
