Thus also the liquid nutriment in the hair decays because it is not concocted, and what is called greyness results. From Wordnik.com. [On the Generation of Animals] Reference
"But I still find the greyness which is mainly the non-backlitness of the Kindle inferior to my iPhone.". From Wordnik.com. ["But I still find the greyness (which is mainly the non-backlitness) of the Kindle inferior to my iPhone."] Reference
Althouse: "But I still find the greyness which is mainly the non-backlitness of the Kindle inferior to my iPhone.". From Wordnik.com. ["But I still find the greyness (which is mainly the non-backlitness) of the Kindle inferior to my iPhone."] Reference
And I recalled how people I knew who toured the Soviet bloc were more likely to sadly describe the "greyness" of communist life than the machine guns at the border. From Wordnik.com. [Capitalism: You Look Marvelous, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
It described the arrangements as "inadequate", cited "evidence of a low level of compliance" and said there was "a degree of uncertainty or 'greyness' around the rules.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
A bleak greyness lay like a thin covering over him. From Wordnik.com. [Purchased For Revenge]
The evening light had faded to a bleached greyness. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
I still remember the greyness of the day when you went away. From Wordnik.com. [wendchymes Diary Entry] Reference
The greyness and rawness of their environment are not touched upon. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Writers] Reference
Waves sheeted with foam faded ghost-like into the tossing greyness. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
They were prominent landmarks rising from the limp greyness of his skin. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
I run there and hide, when the greyness threatens to cloak me in despair. From Wordnik.com. [wendchymes Diary Entry] Reference
The clouds move in, cover the sun and chill the air with their greyness. From Wordnik.com. [Monster] Reference
You will know when the greyness arrives, that life will never again be the same. From Wordnik.com. [wendchymes Diary Entry] Reference
I waited in a limbo of greyness, hoping, but although he slept, he did not dream. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
He got to his feet, his tall, thin frame silhouetted against the greyness of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Gossip]
Sick of London greyness would be quite good enough, though certainly not entirely true. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
What, after all, did a grey year signify to him, as long as its greyness did not touch her. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
It has been three years, since you swept into my life, and chased all of the greyness away. From Wordnik.com. [wendchymes Diary Entry] Reference
I discussed the greyness of his beard, and he complimented me upon the beauty and blackness of mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
To his disappointment he could not see them at all: only a vague greyness, rolling down towards them. From Wordnik.com. [The Horse And His Boy]
The greyness is caused by the presence of carbonaceous impurities-and the tan by the presence of iron. From Wordnik.com. [1. General Information] Reference
Yet presently it would depart, mocking him; or fade into nothingness leaving a blank greyness in its stead. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Everlasting Night that lapped this world, that I saw near to me, and girdling me all about, a blurred greyness. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Land] Reference
Parker gave an impression of greyness like the weather when Hornblower was led aft to Dreadnought's quarter-reck. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Tonight, I drove in the rain, watching the pale greyness of the sky burn like paper into a vista of consuming black. From Wordnik.com. [wendchymes Diary Entry] Reference
At the thought the glow died down, and greyness spread over the vague budding schemes that had begun to swell life out. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Everything was disappearing in a dull greyness that was beginning to blot out the rocky cliffs, and he turned to the girl. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
But the greyness of commonplace existence became more bearable when they listened to tales of the heroic deeds of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Icelandic Short Stories] Reference
Transcaucasian suns, and the premature greyness of his moustache was out of keeping with his firm gait and robust appearance. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero of Our Time] Reference
The greyness of the long June day was darkening down to night now, but there was no change in the sultry stillness of the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Ishmael was too young to be depressed by dirt, which he rather liked, but the greyness of it all settled on him like a blight. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
I absorbed again the probably deliberate greyness of his general appearance, and I saw again the whole internet in the dark eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
However, as I do not believe there are such things as "ethics" or "morality" I am not so discombobulated by the perceived "greyness". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
As if in answer to the gloomy query, the lights were once more switched out, and a strange vapoury greyness took possession of the ship. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
A figure was crouching before the large grate and by its leanness and greyness he knew that it was the dean of studies lighting the fire. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
As we walked along the white road, that stretched between uniform hedgerows of a shadowy greyness, I saw that he had something on his mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
She gazed at him with an almost breaking heart, for her instinct told her that the greyness of his face and the sudden paling of his lips were the forerunners of death. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
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