Greys
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The Duke served with the armed forces for more than 21 years, starting his career as a second lieutenant with the Royal Scots Greys and retiring in 1976 as a lieutenant-colonel.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024
The Greys are familiar to us as those large-eyed, bulbous-headed beings alien abductees say they’ve encountered.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
Nieto lies on his back, legs up, supporting Greys Vecchionacce in a suspended handstand.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2023
Because teen pregnancies are high-risk, an ambulance drove her from the government health clinic that opened in Mafakatini in 1999 to Greys Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, the capital of the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2022
Parrots are known to be long-lived, and among all the world’s birds, African Greys are best at imitating human speech.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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