Ashen in a sentence as an adjective

One of the 'real' VMS coders on my team also went ashen.

Do not fail us.\n\nI had a boss come back from a very short meeting like that, ashen and distraught.

> I cut back on fried foodsThat's the only 100% banned item in my diet because fried stuff makes my skin look ashen and ugly.

"Russia, washed in blood", "The damned days", and "The ashen horse" are the titles of some of the books that described what followed.

The year is 2800; An alien spacecraft lands to survey the blasted and ashen ruin that was once home to over 7 billion sentient beings.

Applying this same standard, we could technically say the Egyptians never engaged in war as there are no ashen layers.

But indifferent management and ashen-faced zombie coworkers determined to cling to their mediocre jobs until they rot to death in their seats?

The older partners were completely ashen-faced...""The partners principal anxiety was summed up in one recurring question: Why didnt we pick up on it?

Well no because Uber is still bleeding cash pretty much everywhere and this relies on the assumption someone with more cash won't come along and/or investors won't come knocking for their now-ashen cash back.

The focus of the CEO in this situation is continued operation and minimizing disruption - the people they plan to keep are more important for that and it's often necessary to get them on board before they start seeing their ashen-faced friends and coworkers collecting the stuff on their desks.

Ashen definitions

adjective

anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"

See also: blanched bloodless livid white

adjective

made of wood of the ash tree