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.