be grey

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to have grey hair (stative)

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Examples (10)

  • She was completely grey by the age of thirty.
  • The old man's beard was mostly grey.
  • My father is grey now, but I remember his jet-black hair.
  • I'll probably be grey by the time I'm fifty, just like my dad.
  • He is slightly grey at the temples, which I think looks very distinguished.
  • Is your grandfather completely grey, or does he still have some dark hair?
  • He's only in his forties, but he is already quite grey.
  • By the time he retired, he had been grey for over twenty years.
  • Both of my parents are grey, so I expect I will be too.
  • I looked in the mirror and realized I am now grey at the sideburns.