graying

variants also greying
present participle of gray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for graying
Verb
  • Both reflect and honor the evolving identity of the position, just in different ways.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The thobe is no longer preserving culture, but evolving it, in a way that mirrors the moment Saudi is witnessing.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Golden retrievers have long been among America's most-popular dog breeds, known for their friendly, easygoing nature, and getting along well with small kids and other canines.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The team is getting along fine without Janmark on the penalty kill, and one of the players being used is Savoie, a rookie.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To prevent fungal and bacterial infections, water the money tree at the roots, not from the top, to prevent water from getting on the leaves.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The parts of California where going someplace requires getting on a highway and driving for thirty minutes feel like both Costco’s native habitat and my own.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The camera replacements are a drop in the bucket of the county's $1 billion backlog of capital projects that would address its aging infrastructure countywide, during a year when the county faces a $47 million shortfall.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The vast majority of the world's cocoa beans grow in West Africa, where farmers have dealt with extreme weather, changing climate patterns and disease in their aging trees.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Spruce up your outdoor pumpkin decor with a chic vase blossoming with fall florals.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Shannon headed home to Illinois, blossoming into an offensive force for the Illini.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Growing flowering herbs, annuals, perennials, and cover crops such as clover beneath apple trees attracts pollinators and helps apple trees fruit better.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • These types of hydrangeas should only be pruned immediately after flowering in the spring and summer.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Native, night-blooming plants attract nighttime pollinators, a yummy snack for a hungry bat.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Varieties include the early-blooming Solar Glow™, which produces red-orange blooms, and Solar Flare™ with yellow flowers accented in orange hues.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Graying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graying. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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