milky

Example Sentences

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A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The security guard reclaimed his chair, sipping on a milky bubble tea.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

The fluctuating layer of smoke in our atmosphere meant that the expected blue skies in the evening and morning have taken on more of a dirty orange or milky white hue.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

When the girl goes to preschool, she takes a larger backpack containing the milky fluid, and the school nurse administers her noon feeding.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Then he handed his sister the flashlight, put his hand on the milky shirt, and pushed it as far forward as he could.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins