ashen

Example Sentences

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And while that ashen cross is being applied, the priest reminds us of a stark biblical lesson: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Her ashen hair sits in a quivering pile atop her head and her spectacles, if not teetering on the end of her sniffer, hang from a sterling chain to rest upon her ample bosom.

From Literature

“You still look a little ashen. Did you sleep okay?”

From Literature

She couldn’t bear the thought of Tía being dead, and she had to look away from the old woman’s slack, ashen face.

From Literature

“You are also in danger of the net,” she whispered into Mrs. Thayer’s ashen face.

From Literature