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Examples
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In his habitual home on the forty-ninth parallel, sunlight was a pale grey-eyed thing.
Two Poets Carol Reid 2011
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But even while the last of the ships departed and the shockwaves gradually began to subside, she recalled something the grey-eyed Terran had said once during a lengthy philosophical discussion.
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His tale resembles a Greek legend, although in this case, the grey-eyed goddess overseeing the hero's adventures is not Athena, but Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse and the patron saint of pristine locavores.
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O earth, and moon that shines by night, and dazzling radiance of the god, that giveth light to man, bear the tidings to me, shout aloud to heaven for joy, and beside our ruler's throne, and in the shrine of grey-eyed Athene.
The Heracleidae 2008
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O earth, and moon that shines by night, and dazzling radiance of the god, that giveth light to man, bear the tidings to me, shout aloud to heaven for joy, and beside our ruler's throne, and in the shrine of grey-eyed Athene.
The Heracleidae 2008
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He was a young man exceeding beauteous, clear-skinned and grey-eyed, with curly golden hair, and he bore his armour as though it were silken cloth.
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But the grey-eyed dawn begins to peep — let me sum up all.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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An X-rated vision of a cruel grey-eyed sultan and his languishing favourite suddenly revisited her imagination, causing her freckles to join up with rosy guilt.
Mistress for a Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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An X-rated vision of a cruel grey-eyed sultan and his languishing favourite suddenly revisited her imagination, causing her freckles to join up with rosy guilt.
Mistress For A Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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His face is weakly handsome and done in tones of grey, he is fairish and grey-eyed, and you would suspect him of dyspepsia.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
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