ASHEN in a Sentence

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For ASHEN, below is one of 8 sentences:
She turned swiftly to the four negroes who huddled in the doorway, their black faces a peculiarly ashen shade.

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 Meanings and Examples of ASHEN
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ashen
 a.  ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes
Classic Sentence:
1  She turned swiftly to the four negroes who huddled in the doorway, their black faces a peculiarly ashen shade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
2  A moment ago her face had been ashen gray, now it was scarlet.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  The youth looked keenly at the ashen face.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the vicinity--except his wife, who moved close to Tom.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  Hogben's Folly was for a moment ashen white.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
7  She stared at him with an ashen face and gulped twice before she could speak.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
8  He raised his hand and pointed to the bed, and his iron face was drawn and ashen white.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
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