He took up the twig and twirled it, admiring the yellowish-grey velvet of its budding catkins. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Thus she reflected as she watched the landscape slip past: yellowish-grey flats, or stone-strewn paddocks tufted with clumps of brown grass, all of which she had seen too often before to pay much heed to them. ❋ Unknown (2003)
In their faces Wexford had seen that same dusty parched look, yellowish-grey drawn features, blue eyes bleached a haggard grey. ❋ Rendell, Ruth, 1930- (1970)
But beyond that again there was something he had never seen the like of - a great yellowish-grey thing, flat as a calm sea, and stretching for miles. ❋ Lewis, C. S. (1954)
This would be the treatment and colouring for greyish-brown or yellowish-grey smooth, dry-looking rocks, sandstones, etc.; and by a little alteration of tint and treatment in places, would imitate the various slates. ❋ Montagu Browne (N/A)
When sulphur chloride is allowed to act upon phenolsulphonic acid whilst heat is applied, a yellowish-grey mass results, which dissolves in water, forming a reddish-yellow solution. ❋ Georg Grasser (N/A)
The sheets, when thoroughly dried, are of a uniform yellowish-grey colour, and of the characteristic colloidal consistency; they possess a perfectly smooth surface, and are free from internal blisters or cracks. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The bark on a tree of this size is from three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a half in thickness, smooth, spongy, and of a yellowish-grey colour. ❋ Unknown (1923)
I saw nothing, however, but the yellowish-grey waves that beat against the dike unceasingly, as if they were roaring with rage, and that now and then bespattered me and my horse with dirty foam; behind them I could see only chaotic dusk which did not let me tell sky and earth apart, for even the half moon which now stood in the sky was most of the time covered by wandering clouds. ❋ Unknown (1917)
They were large and grey, thickly covered by yellowish-grey and cinnamon-coloured feathers. ❋ Boris Pilniak (1915)
He is not large, is yellowish-grey in colour, has pointed ears and small, keen eyes, and holds his tail erect, not hanging down like the wolf's. ❋ Sven Anders Hedin (1908)
The whole place had a tone of yellowish-grey grime all over it, save where, in the centre of the room, on a rough double post, shaped like the guillotine, a scarlet cap of Liberty gave a note of lurid colour to the dismal surroundings. ❋ Emmuska Orczy Orczy (1906)
Chillness was still in the air, the land grey, clouds yellowish-grey and watery. ❋ Will Levington Comfort (1905)
Further, a yellowish-grey animal on a yellowish-grey landscape is invisible till it moves. ❋ Ernest Thompson Seton (1903)
For he began to go down now of an afternoon into the little old town -- not smelless, but most quaint -- all yellowish-grey, with rosy-tiled roofs. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)
Mark looked up in time to see an old gentleman advance to the door of the pew in front of them -- a formidable-looking old gentleman, with a sallow face, long iron-grey locks, full grey eyes, a hook-nose, and prominent teeth under a yellowish-grey moustache and beard. ❋ F. Anstey (1895)
The surface of the ulcer is uneven, pale and flabby, and is covered with a yellowish-grey discharge, with here and there feeble granulations showing through. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
The base is ragged and unhealthy, and on it a yellowish-grey slough resembling wash-leather may be seen. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
At that moment from the gate opposite appears another native with a long beard, wearing a crumpled yellowish-grey cotton coat. ❋ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1882)
