Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dark somewhat brownish-gray color.
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- adjective of the color of slate or granite
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Examples
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I watched my step as I crossed the space from gently bobbing shuttle to stone-gray quay.
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The view from the plane is breathtaking: deep-blue lakes, dark-green fields, dun-colored deserts, stone-gray mountains, and the entire countryside peppered with whitewashed, red-roofed houses.
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"Especially when one has not delivered?" she asked mildly, the stone-gray eyes raking over me.
The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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It was not green or bright but stone-gray and dreary.
Witches' Brew Brooks, Terry, 1944- 1995
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Never were her stone-gray eyes as wide or as hot with rage.
Darkest Hour V. C. Andrews 1993
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Never were her stone-gray eyes as wide or as hot with rage.
Darkest Hour V. C. Andrews 1993
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Never were her stone-gray eyes as wide or as hot with rage.
Darkest Hour V. C. Andrews 1993
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Never were her stone-gray eyes as wide or as hot with rage.
Darkest Hour V. C. Andrews 1993
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And in conversation he had the habit of listening with eyes shaded by the lids, then suddenly shooting forth at the speaker a gleam from the stone-gray pupil which seemed to penetrate his innermost mind.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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As you open a window and stare at a stone-gray sky,
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