1.   He watched the dark stain spread over the gray carpet.

2.   Switching on the vacuum cleaner, he runs it over a small area of the gray wall-to-wall carpet.

3.   Corrugated metal ceilings and gray industrial carpet are the rule throughout.

4.   Drab gray carpet has been ripped up and replaced by a concrete floor with chipped pieces of Coke bottles glazed into it.

5.   Floors have been fitted with gray carpet except on the top level, which is carpeted in black.

6.   Gray carpets, simple mauve seats, low public galleries, and the glass cupola and big windows give a feeling of accessible ordinariness.

7.   Late Thursday, the gray carpet in front of the reception desk had turned a dingy white.

8.   Seated at a glass table on a platform covered with gray carpet, Mr. Sabato shook hands with his fans, giving each a smile.

9.   The decor is rustic, with gray walls and gray carpet.