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Examples of ashy in a Sentence
paramedics knew she was in shock because she was ashy and shaking
Recent Examples of ashy from the Web
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Kruger starts with charred onions, then cooks the ribs with the onions (peeling off really ashy parts, but leaving others).
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Dominated by volcanic remnants, its vineyards are set on barren and windswept slopes, composed of dark, ashy volcanic soils.
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Even mild eruptions, like the ashy burp from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, can force the global economy to grind to a halt.
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Since the dawn of sunscreen's creation, women with darker skin tones have fought to find a formula that doesn't leave them looking ashy, which basically doesn't exist.
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This creates chemicals called glucosides that are difficult to taste but can be broken down by yeast during fermentation, freeing the ashy notes and ruining the wine.
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What's more, most consumers want a full-coverage formula that doesn't dry or crack throughout the day, but also one that won't make those with deeper complexions look ashy.
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However, the singer's hair is ashy platinum blonde throughout the whole music video.
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The characteristics that give the bird its name are the ashy gray throat and a darker gray head and face.
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First Known Use of ashy
14th century
ASHY Defined for Kids
adjective
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ˈa-shē
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Definition of ashy for Students
ashier;
ashiest
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: of or relating to ashes
- The Baudelaire orphans looked around … amid the ashy ruins of their destroyed home.
- —Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator
2
: very pale
- an ashy face
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