whitish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitish
Adjective
  • More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.
    Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The horizon is low and the pale blue sky occupies most of the monumental canvas.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The pool of money is far less — $15 million. Between the lines: These basketball earnings pale compared with how much football programs are paid.
    Analis Bailey, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This specific shade of brunette, with both warm and cool tones, starts with a rich, chocolatey base, says Rez, and features cool, sandy-toned highlights and ashy reflects throughout.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Its lightest shade, Biscuit, perfectly nails the ashy tone that emulates natural shadows of bone structure.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This is why babies and toddlers with a shock of blond hair can end up a mousy brown color in adulthood.
    RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For evidence, just look at her recent transformation from mousy brunette to bombshell blonde.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
  • As thousands of migrants cycled through its faded lobby, the Roosevelt turned into a lightning rod in the country’s immigration debate: both as a reminder of the depth of the crisis and as shorthand for critics opposed to the expenditure of taxpayer money on migrants.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Whitish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whitish. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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