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1  They were at the age when a rat's muzzle grows blunt and fierce and his fur brown instead of grey.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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2  Except for his hands and a circle of his face, his body was grey all over with ancient, ingrained dirt.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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3  For the first moment he had thought that he had gone grey as well, but it was only the scalp that was grey.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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4  He was a monstrous man, with a mane of greasy grey hair, his face pouched and seamed, with thick negroid lips.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: Chapter 7
5  Both of them were dressed in the blue shorts, grey shirts, and red neckerchiefs which were the uniform of the Spies.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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6  His grey eyes still flitted from face to face, more guiltily than ever, as though he were trying to discover how much the others despised him for his humiliation.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
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7  His whole appearance was that of a little boy grown large, so much so that although he was wearing the regulation overalls, it was almost impossible not to think of him as being dressed in the blue shorts, grey shirt, and red neckerchief of the Spies.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: Chapter 5