1A gray, corrosion-resistant form of bronze containing zinc, formerly used for making cannon.

1. 1.1 A dark blue-brown gray color.
   as modifier the river glinted brass under a gunmetal sky

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   • When I arrived at Half Moon Bay at 7 a.m., the sun was breaking through the swollen gray cloud bellies and lighting up the gunmetal blue water.
   • By the time I was out, then, it was just Ja and I on our floor, and the sky was an ominous shade of gunmetal grey.
   • The receptionist was an older woman, her gunmetal gray hair bound back into a severe bun, with a pair of half moon spectacles resting on the end of her nose.
   • Boys noisily demand balloons from him, which they then watch fly into the gunmetal Glasgow sky bearing the slogan ‘Say yes to progress’.
   • The gunmetal gray armor plating of the Obliterator buckled slightly behind its fighter bay, which is precisely where all laser fire from the Telemachus was now concentrated.
   • Under gunmetal flat skies, the trucks start pouring in from the main traffic artery of this somewhat leafy neighborhood.
   • The existing civic centre, much of which will be retained with this proposal, is basically a fairly pedestrian assemblage of grey concrete brick structures capped by broad gunmetal green fascias with a number of sandstone walls.
   • As he played around with colors, he decided to scrap the bright silver for a more subdued gunmetal gray.
   • Although it's his big eyes that draw the most attention: such stunningly cold gunmetal gray, with a ring of bright blue close to the pupil.
   • Its partner on the right shows a taxicab-yellow ground largely obscured by a gestural, gunmetal gray.
   • There is a fabulous gold and gunmetal sequinned skirt for just £29.99.
   • Morning sun and cold temperatures had quickly been replaced with gunmetal gray skies and the promise of an even colder afternoon.
   • The great skies are shrouded in smoky, matte tones of dark mocha, cocoa or gunmetal grays, representing night, fog, smog or infinite space.
   • Three battered gunmetal grey filing cabinets stood against one badly-plastered wall, and I knew the first two were mostly empty.
   • The assertive title boldly lettered on the gunmetal gray book spine makes this volume look like another tiresome autobiography by a former SAS trooper.
   • However, you can achieve a nice effect more simply by simply painting the pieces with a dark paint - our furniture came in a sort of gunmetal gray, but dark green or black would also work.
   • A gunmetal black rectangle object attached to wires and tubes, filled with green, pulsating gas.
   • A wedge with a gunmetal or black finish can even make the clubhead appear smaller.
   • The heron, curled against the early morning cold, was a dark question mark against the gunmetal surface of the pond.
   • I personally love the metallic bluish gunmetal set off against the black of the keys and the matte silver function buttons.
   • Apart from the obvious physical attributes - the Cuillin mountains, empty beaches, wildlife, views of gunmetal seas over bladderwracked rocks - the island does not wear its heart on its sleeve.
   • The dingy, gunmetal gray image is soft, sloppy and lacking any real artistic merit.
   • The T2 also drops the original's gunmetal colour scheme in favour of a lighter, more silvery look.
   • I looked up at him suddenly, meeting his gunmetal gray eyes and finding myself surprised by the pity there.
   • The early day was cool, the sky a soft gunmetal gray.
   • The gunmetal gray door opens, and his assistant pokes her head inside.
   • And, no, omni-present muted gunmetal tones does not count as style.
   • Though she knows what I look like, the only time I've ever seen her is when she's in her gunmetal gray car.
   • We walk down the wooded dunes, and there, finally, is the gunmetal Baltic, Kaliningrad's point, symbolically shrouded in an undulating, enigmatic fog.
   • Which, maybe because of its exotic name, is sort of a letdown, at least the first time I see it from my school bus window, where it's nothing but a sliver of uninviting gunmetal gray under a hazy, perfectly flat horizon.
   • Slowly the sky turned from gunmetal grey to pale blue - all colour blown out of it - and then, as the sun finally rose above the horizon it was filled with brilliant amber light that caught my eyes in the mirror.
   • The trees cast their skeletal frames against the gunmetal sky and the crows, like a flock of hooded widows, lamented their lot with throaty cries.
   • On the West Lake, water and sky blurred into a gunmetal mist.