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
“Here you can see a lot of these pores are now filled with whitish specks,” says Dr Voight, handling a sample of drilled out rock.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 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
It may begin with loss of sensation on whitish patches of skin or reddened skin.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024
And then Rachel, our family’s own Queen of Sheba, blinking her white eyelashes, flicking her long whitish hair as if she were the palomino horse she once craved to own.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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