dark-complexioned
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On her deck Admiral Samuel S. Robison,*sturdy stocky, determined, dark-complexioned with iron-grey hair and a close-clipped mustache, faced Admiral Robert E. Coontz, for two years Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. fleet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hardly anyone paid much attention to four dark-complexioned young men who mingled with the crowd.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Did you notice a man loitering about—a stranger—middle-aged, dark-complexioned, with a dark beard or moustache—rather striking in appearance—perhaps a little dissolute?"
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Before us stood a dark-complexioned young man, and at his side a small wiry old gentleman, who proved to be a native Austrian Tyrolese, who followed the profession of an artist in Paris.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell
He reminded me a good deal of our old pirate and bandit friend, Trelawney, though the latter was an almost orientally dark-complexioned man, and Mr. Bret Harte was comparatively fair.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs
