dark-skinned
Example Sentences
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Block is a tall, dark-skinned Black man with locs and striking, expressive eyes.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Meanwhile Heathcliff is described in the novel, written in 1847, as "dark-skinned", although his ancestry is ambiguous.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Wang wanted to explore class and colorism, so another of the novel’s white characters, Hilary Starr, became dark-skinned and Southeast Asian.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
“We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame,” a young Langston Hughes proclaimed in an essay nearly 100 years ago.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
He was dark-skinned and looked like the handsome star of a Bollywood film.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
