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Examples of ashy in a Sentence
paramedics knew she was in shock because she was ashy and shaking
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For those with darker skin tones, finding a highlighter that doesn't look ashy or chalky can be just as difficult to find as the right sunscreen or foundation shade.
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Pieces like the Ibis sofa — upholstered in a soothing ashy blue leather — directly reflect the natural elements Crews drew inspiration from.
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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.
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Climate scientists have found its ashy signature in ice cores drilled in Antarctica and in Greenland’s vast ice sheet, which covers some 80 percent of the country.
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Toward the top, the ashy volcanic sand gives way to hardened lava fields.
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Through a facial, an esthetician also exfoliates your skin, eliminating ashy dryness.
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Not true: My own have always been thin and ashy blond.
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An ashy brown liner works on all eye colors and shapes, and is less harsh than black. 22.
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First Known Use of ashy
14th century
ashy Synonyms
Synonyms
ashen, pale, blanched, cadaverous, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked, wanAntonyms
blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguineRelated Words
sallow, sallowish, sick, sickly, waxen, waxy; white, whitened; anemic, bloodless; untanned; whey-faced, white-facedNear Antonyms
blushing, flushed, pinkASHY Defined for Kids
ashy
play
adjective
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ˈa-shē
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Definition of ashy for Students
ashier;
ashiest
1
: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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