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
Moisture triggers the transformation of cadmium sulfide, which is yellow, into cadmium sulfate, which is white -- resulting in a whitish or dull cast.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 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
He got up and walked across the balcony and looked down at the drained pool; the floor was made of polished whitish stone, visible through the thin sheet of rainwater.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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