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Recent Examples of ashen His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance. Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025 Metal railings or a charred brick chimney were all that remained to distinguish the ashen piles. Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024 Blend it in with a finger, a brush, or a sponge, and voila: a summery, outdoorsy flush to keep ashen winter skin at bay. Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ashen
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Adjective
  • Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
  • Rickman’s Snape was almost cartoonish with his hawk nose and long, straight black hair and pallid skin.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • On a humid July afternoon, Chappell Roan is standing near the doors of a subway car, fiery red hair cloaking her pale, moonlike face.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2025
  • But even on overcast days, there’s no true darkness, just a pale, diffused glow that still feels unusual and otherworldly.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

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“Ashen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashen. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.

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