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very pale - often due to illness or fear

ashen = very pale

ashen = very pale

ashen = very pale

A moment ago her face had been ashen gray, now it was scarlet.
Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle

ashen = very pale

"Yes'm," Stacey said, his face strangely ashen, his eyes on Papa.
Mildred D. Taylor -- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

ashen = pale

If I did not think of something, the vision in the pool would come to pass, his body ashen and cold in its shroud.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

ashen = very pale

When he returned a few days later he was ashen.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

ashen = very pale

As she had spoken, I watched the Professor's face, and saw it turn ashen gray.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

ashen = very pale

There was a band of sunlight on the bed between us, and, for just a moment, the ashen gray face looking at me from the other side of it was a dead ringer for Hassan's,
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

ashen = very pale

"Where was I?" said Hagrid, but at that moment, Uncle Vernon, still ashen-faced but looking very angry, moved into the firelight.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

ashen = very pale

The faces of the others were set, and Harker's grew ashen grey.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

ashen = very pale

I found the Nguyens behind the counter, all the way against the wall, faces ashen, Mr. Nguyen's arms wrapped around his wife.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

ashen = very pale

Kamal's father was sitting cross-legged in the center of the circle, rocking back and forth, kissing his son's ashen face.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

ashen = very pale

He raised his hand and pointed to the bed, and his iron face was drawn and ashen white.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

ashen = very pale

It was small and cavelike—dark, moist, frigid, with ashen walls and cold tiles the color of lead.
Tara Westover -- Educated

ashen = light-gray (like the color of ashes)

The shades would infuse it with their chill presence, and I had wanted to feel that power, ashen and unearthly.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

ashen = very pale

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