How to Use ashy in a Sentence

ashy

adjective

• Preheat a charcoal grill so that the coals are white and ashy.
  — Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022
• When the coals take on an orange ashy glow, thread the hooks through the hole of the top pot, and place the top pot over the bottom one.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 11 Oct. 2021
• The hard part about sunscreen is finding one that’s not greasy or ashy.
  — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 10 Oct. 2017
• The ashy shades will give you stylish, but effortless vibes.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 21 June 2019
• Then pull out the drawer and deposit the ashy remains of the Briq into a heat-safe bin.
  — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
• Right in the center is the group's youngest member, Jungkook, with an ashy blonde mullet.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 14 Mar. 2021
• Below, learn more about the skincare process that does away with dry, itchy, and ashy skin for good!
  — Essence, 11 Aug. 2021
• Among the white, ashy rubble sat an iron rooster and a stone Buddha.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• The characteristics that give the bird its name are the ashy gray throat and a darker gray head and face.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• This one by Herschel Supply is a beast, and somehow still looks cute in a pale ashy pink.
  — Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2023
• It’s hard to find a nude blush for deeper complexions that won’t look ashy.
  — Amanda Mitchell, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2020
• Toward the top, the ashy volcanic sand gives way to hardened lava fields.
  — Susan Maas / Special To The Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2017
• Grapes still on the vine can passively absorb smoke that can give wines an ashy taste.
  — Elin McCoy, Bloomberg.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• The wax dies down and makes way for baked apples, stewed plums, mocha, and the ashy smoke continues to give a nice little kick.
  — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• The brand’s tall, ashy-blonde founder, Amy Smilovic, is poring over a rack of clothes with her style director, Sarah Brody.
  — Diana Tsui, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2022
• Get this deal in either an ashy fog or a deep plum hue, depending on your style.
  — Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
• This hair has deep, dark roots; an ashier chestnut balayage; and caramel babylights.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
• Such ghosts, and the squiggly David Hockney mural at the bottom of the pool, and the ashy traces, among the palms, of a party the night before, seemed to call for a round of Bloody Marys.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
• From another angle, though, the tone is far ashier, almost a dark beige blonde.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Nov. 2023
• The fire, which killed at least 115 people, turned all that to a toxic, ashy tableau and scattered its caretakers.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• Napa Valley are known for their earthy essences—not their ashy aromas.
  — National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2020
• Your complexion tends to grow paler with age, so a matching shade can leave you looking pasty or ashy.
  — April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
• Blass owned a workingman’s hands, thick with scuffed, ashy knuckles.
  — New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• Warm caramel tones are the ultimate antidote to ashy hues.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2023
• Between the dark ashy brown and bright creamy blonde, this contrast makes a statement in dreary winter months.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023
• Everything from the arch of the sky to the scree underfoot has a baked look, tinged with ashy pinks and umber, as if the dome were, in fact, one vast tandoori oven.
  — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 16 July 2021
• The hillsides surrounding the winery and tasting room were charred and ashy, and smoke could be seen smoldering from the ground in a few spots.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• With chainsaws and hand tools, the crew tore into the ashy smoke, breaking up burning logs and other woody debris that could feed the fire.
  — Stuart Palley, National Geographic, 16 Sep. 2020
• Its ashy fallout likely contributed to the last Ice Age.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019
• Mushroom blonde is a cool-toned hair color that veers more into neutral and ashy colors, rather than warm and platinum blonde.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Aug 2024