The grasses were waist-high, and rippled in a brisk wind, green and silvery-grey. From Wordnik.com. [If I Pay Thee Not In Gold]
Standing between two pines was a silvery-grey wolf the size of a large German shepherd. From Wordnik.com. [Moonheart]
His hair was silvery-grey, neatly barbered, the face lined by weathering rather than age. From Wordnik.com. [Fleshmarket Close]
The only success they had to show for their efforts was the return of the silvery-grey wolf. From Wordnik.com. [Moonheart]
Shimmering, silvery-grey transparent leather perfumed with the honeyed aroma of virginal-white jasmine. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
"This," said Philip, and showed the others a silvery-grey, snake-like creature, with bright little eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain of Adventure]
The foliage is of a distinct and somewhat conglomerate character, besides being of a silvery-grey colour. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The best sorts have a silvery-grey colour, with a purplish reflection, and seem to be dusted with a white powder. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Belegir stepped forward, and bent down to touch a pale triangle of amethyst set into the base of one of the silvery-grey Hilvorns. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
The rest of the man was hidden in his silvery-grey robe of state, but from the way it hung on him, T'fyrr suspected he was cadaverously thin. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle And The Nightingale]
As usual, Rupert was impeccably dressed silvery-grey trousers teamed with a pale grey shirt, his shoes hand-made highly polished black leather. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Virgin]
I peered across the river to where she was pointing and sure enough beneath a silvery-grey piece of what I imagined to be metal a movement caught my eye. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
Party (led by Lord Randy Chapel-Mountain), whose hair was beginning to get silvery-grey, and his long moustache to match, did not even oppose the bill, and it passed. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches] Reference
Gurza, so inappropriately named to perpetuate the memory of the rebellious general who had ravaged this part of Mexico, stood the cathe - dral, its sombre silvery-grey towers flanking the delicate luxuriance of its central fa~ade. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico]
The back is usually olive-green, silvery-grey or brownish and the. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
His long silvery-grey beard gave him an appearance like an ancient prophet. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative] Reference
Some copper pyrites appear among these veins accompanied, it is said, by silvery-grey copper. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
A couple of thousand feet overhead, a silvery-grey, bluff-pointed cylinder was moving with apparent slowness. From Wordnik.com. [The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War] Reference
Being silvery-grey or white in colour, it becomes, when thus distended, very conspicuous on any dark surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
One silvery-grey iris he broke from its sheathed stem and gave her; she moved slowly on with the scented blossom lifted to her lips. From Wordnik.com. [Athalie] Reference
Dressed in a silvery-grey suit, his bouffant hair gleaming like the candelabra on his piano, he was like something from outer space. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Floods of silvery-grey light poured in through the wide windows, behind which Andrews could see a sky full of bright dove-colored clouds. From Wordnik.com. [Three Soldiers] Reference
He stood there against the wall, dressed in a silvery-grey suit, razor sharp seams, toes turned outwards; silk socks and crocodile shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica - Full Feed] Reference
He neglects the indecisive and subdued tones; the mingled hues chiefly found in Nature, or the tender "silvery-grey" of Andrea's placid perfection. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Browning] Reference
He neglects the indecisive and subdued tones; the mingled hues chiefly found in Nature, or the tender “silvery-grey” of Andrea's placid perfection. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Browning]
"Never!" said the Major warmly; and his ruddy, sun-browned face grew redder, while his stiff, silvery-grey moustache and short-cut hair seemed to bristle. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris] Reference
The silvery-grey Bosavi wooly rat, one of the biggest rats in the world, weighs 1.5 kilograms and is 82 centimetres long from its nose to its tail, as big as a house cat. From Wordnik.com. [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference
And, to Mark's horror, she turned back, evidently with the idea of making for the point of danger; he ran after her and caught the little silvery-grey form fast in his arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Giant's Robe] Reference
Over the low river-mist hiding the boat with its freight of young passionate life and all-forgetful happiness, the stars paled, and a silvery-grey tint crept over the sky from the eastward. From Wordnik.com. [Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river] Reference
"A long, silvery-grey arm appeared, dragging after it an armored body. From Wordnik.com. [A Martian Odyssey] Reference
A moonlit night with the mists swimming white and silvery-grey over the moor. From Wordnik.com. [The Wooden Horse] Reference
L’Ombre lay very still in the silvery-grey depths where the glass of the stream reflected the façade of that ancient house. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarians] Reference
The children watched to see if they could make out any of the underwater packages " and sure enough, through the clear water glimmered the silvery-grey wrappings that covered the hidden guns. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea of Adventure]
Sheets of silvery-grey fall between the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Live: Blogging the Rains] Reference
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