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
He had taken a strong interest in Indian affairs in Oklahoma, and he was trusted by the Osage; a reporter described him as a “kind-hearted, white-haired man.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
