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Recent Examples of gray
Adjective
DeBose says the movie shows complicated characters who are neither good nor evil, but shades of gray cutting both ways. Arturo Conde, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024 Rowland nodded to one of the event’s sponsors, Frame, sporting a gray cashmere V-neck sweater and baggy blue jeans from the brand. Hannah Malach, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
Japan's super-aged society continues to gray, with 29.3 percent of its population now aged 65 or older, the highest rate of any country worldwide, according to a Japanese statistics bureau report released to mark Respect for the Aged Day on September 15. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 En masse, the costumes shifted from white to gray to charcoal and shimmered in the stage light. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gray 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gray
Adjective
  • The crown of her head was gathered up in a pouf, pinned at the back with a silver bow for more height and dimension.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While some leaders are indeed born with a silver tongue or a golden pen, the fact is that storytelling can be learned.
    Samantha Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The user posted the images and videos, including an image of a light in the sky, and several videos that appear to be shot from a plane cabin, but are very dark.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The best places to watch are dark sky parks Michigan is home to six dark sky state parks, three international dark sky parks and an international dark sky sanctuary.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Sarah Jessica Parker plays Meredith, a woman struggling to get along with her boyfriend Everett's (Dermot Mulroney) judgmental family, the Stones.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But most of these guys don't get along with [the] big tech crowd — these are many of our top builders.
    Axios, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Black people make up about 14% of the U.S. population but are three times more likely to face hunger than white people, according to the Agriculture Department.
    Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Their story could have been told myriad ways and, if the current TV market had anything to say about it: the best way to tell any true crime is to be as bleak, haunting and gory as possible.
    Ed Herro, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In recent years, people have taken to social media arguing that, while the film might be visually appealing, its underlying message is bleak.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The bus originated in Atlanta but had around six or seven stops on the way, and investigators are unsure where the man got on, Kenny said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Four-decade battle exposed bitter divisions More:How much daylight will Wisconsin get on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year?
    Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Warning signs for an overdose might include lips and/or fingertips turning blue, pale or grayish skin, unresponsiveness, limpness, slow or stopped breathing and loud snoring, according to the health department.
    Brennan Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Taylor works out of a squat, grayish building on a residential street near the railroad tracks.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • On Christmas morning, Lucy (Sandra Bullock), a lonely token collector, rescues her secret crush Peter (Peter Gallagher) after he’s pushed onto the tracks and knocked out.
    Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Juárez lies in the heart of the desert, and on the surface, much of it resembles a lonely ghost town.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024

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