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

While we followed the police, we could see the boat – a thin black smudge on a milky sea – to our left.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 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

The children sat opposite the king, staring at his milky face and weak chin and lank, wet-looking hair.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz