whitish
Example Sentences
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The river’s reservoirs have declined dramatically amid unrelenting dry conditions over the last quarter-century, leaving the manmade lakes far below a coating of whitish minerals on rocks, where water once lapped.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2025
He groans in pain, his eyes shut and face covered in whitish spots left behind by the healing sores.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
It may begin with loss of sensation on whitish patches of skin or reddened skin.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024
Whereas coralline algae form thin, hard crusts that are pink or whitish, peyssonnelid algae make thicker, brown or dark red crusts that are often a little squishy above a hard base.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 6, 2023
They were dark brown with spotted wings, whitish throats, and piercing amber eyes.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
