white-haired

Example Sentences

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If he wasn’t a boy, you’d have thought he was a white-haired old man.

From Literature

A white-haired woman pushing a walker passes me in the hallway and smiles.

From Literature

He turned to a white-haired lady on his right and launched immediately into a dull conversation about the weather, and soon the whole table was buzzing with the usual pleasantries.

From Literature

Ms. Rosenwein quotes the Spartan poet Tyrtaeus, summarizing his opinion that “when a white-haired man falls to the enemy, he is a ‘shameful sight,’ whereas a young man dead on the battlefield is beautiful.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The white-haired veteran then demonstrates the technique with a series of perfectly-delivered powerful blows to a punchbag mounted on the gym wall.

From BBC