She turned chalky white. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Not sure how goat cheese is described as chalky unless it's in reference to it's colouring. From Wordnik.com. [Udder Delights] Reference
She also had a kind of chalky powder she mixed with the water to produce excellent milk. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
One Bwog associate, usually useful as a leftovers-consumer, described them as "chalky" and politely declined to finish the portion. From Wordnik.com. [The Bwog] Reference
Acrylic is chalky, clumsy, fast and uneven to dry. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Bernays: Unfinished Self] Reference
Those which shrink least are sandy and chalky soils. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
I took one, a chalky peppermint truffle, light as air. From Wordnik.com. [Where My Boyfriend Lives] Reference
The shoe polish in vogue was a chalky white substance. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
The sun was hot and the hills chalky over which we passed. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
The strong rush of the chalky waters swept the boats along. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
Alarmed by what was sure and soon, plain now on my chalky face. From Wordnik.com. [The Struggle Leaving] Reference
Pro: As goopy and rich as Kiehl's popular Lip Balm #1 but less chalky. From Wordnik.com. [SKIN CARE: LIP BALM SMACKDOWN] Reference
On his new single, David Archuleta continues to sing in a chalky tenor. From Wordnik.com. [One Critic, Three New Pop Singles] Reference
Whittington, apparently unharmed, was chalky and stuttering from fright. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Sea, with its grey billows, bordered by barren shores and chalky cliffs. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
The sky is chalky and the water is dull, but it doesn't look like rain. From Wordnik.com. [Freddy in the Future] Reference
Theo's fresh face turned chalky pale, and her eyes widened into a terrified stare. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
I saw Charles and Horse 3 leave the small structure and set off up the chalky access road. From Wordnik.com. [The Bridge] Reference
The outskirts of the town were coming in sight; grey houses bleakly climbing chalky heights. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
The milk-white current, laden with chalky washings from the land, swept by in a mighty flood. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
On the island of Andros there is an extremely fine white marl almost resembling a chalky ooze. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
“I'm so sorry …” His brown face was chalky, his Armani shirttail as wilted as a hangover. From Wordnik.com. [Seasonal Discord] Reference
But why is it that so many of our enlargements are black in the shadows and chalky in the high lights?. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
They should rather be made of white and chalky or of red clay, or even of a coarse grained gravelly clay. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Trouble is, one quality just cancels the other, and Cotton's pictures end up merely flat, chalky and "so what?". From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: Color Me Cool] Reference
She looked like she could benefit from a headstand herself right now, her skin was egg-shell pale and chalky. From Wordnik.com. [Heavenly Blue Morning Glory] Reference
Under its focus the golden caravels and the draped figures showed strange contrasts of chalky pallor and deep shade. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
If grown alone, however, it may be well to point out that peas do best, unlike beans, on light, friable, chalky loam. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
American Apparel Nail Polish in Summer Peach is a chalky pastel that looks especially lovely on Malibu Barbie skin tones. From Wordnik.com. [Pandora Young: Steal This Look: Peaches n' Cream Barbie] Reference
We went through a garden transformed into a dust-bin, and dipped down a hummocky slope that rose again to a chalky ridge. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Half way up the ascent of this, the westernmost spur of the chalky Wolds, we have two roads, either of which would bring us to. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
It includes chalky limestones, siliceous earths, red clay, and, at the top, a layer of mudstone composed mainly of volcanic dust. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
He has found that in the case of a chalky soil, and during the summer and autumn months, practically no loss of ammonia takes place. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
I can report that it's a bland, chalky version of oatmeal with a bad aftertaste, but houseguests can sometimes perk it up with honey. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Catlin: Inside the Big Brother House] Reference
A French variety, not necessarily, but not unfrequently, mixed with different chalky earths in various proportions; and the following. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
"The sky overhead was a colourless pall, gradually deepening to almost black at the horizon, and the ice was a ghastly and chalky white.". From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
One a burly man with a red face and a large moustache, the other a chalky young man with a pair of Wellington boots slung round his neck. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
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