Collocations for "graying"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "graying" in context.
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gray
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- is wearing a gray [shirt, dress]
- is gray in color
- his hair [went, is going] gray
- [she, her hair] has started [going, turning] gray
- [is, has gone] prematurely gray
- has gray hair
- a gray-haired old [lady]
- gray and [white, black]
- a blue-gray color
- her eyes are [greenish, bluish] gray
- is [dark, light, middle, neutral, warm] gray
- use your gray [matter, cells]
- gray [skies, smoke, fog]
- a gray rain cloud
- what a gray day!
- am (feeling) as gray as the weather
- is a (moral) gray area
- exploit a gray area (in the law)
- the gray area [between, separating]
- that's a bit of a gray area (still)
- the gray of her [eyes, skin]
- the gray of the [clouds, sky]
- the color gray
- is dressed in gray
- is wearing gray
- [dressed, outfitted] in grays
- a [dull, middle, dark] gray
- different shades of gray
- doesn't come in a pearl gray
- a pearl-gray [shade, tone, color]
- a pearl-gray [surface, finish, strip, backsplash]
- has pearl-gray hair
- he is graying
- my hair is graying (at the temples, on top, at the roots)
- graying [quickly, with age, early]
- starting to gray
- (his hair) started graying at the age of [30]
'graying' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):