white-haired

Example Sentences

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Ms. Rosenwein quotes the Spartan poet Tyrtaeus, summarizing his opinion that “when a white-haired man falls to the enemy, he is a ‘shameful sight,’ whereas a young man dead on the battlefield is beautiful.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

REDDING, Conn. — Susan Auslander, at 89, is an energetic, convent-educated, white-haired Prius driver, and when her retirement community told her it was not feasible to convert to solar power, Auslander decided to push back.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023

"I wondered whether I could go in there as me and dispel a few myths about older, short, fat, white-haired women," she said.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2023

Next he took hold of a small, white-haired brush and a container of liquid solution.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2023

The white-haired woman, who’d been their friendly, chatty next-door neighbor for as long as Emma could remember, walked by without even looking at them.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix