dark-skinned
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile Heathcliff is described in the novel, written in 1847, as "dark-skinned", although his ancestry is ambiguous.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
Rodriguez’s wife, whom he described as a dark-skinned Latina with degrees from DePaul and Northwestern universities, won’t leave the house without her passport.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Instead, in Francesca Sloane and Glover's spy thriller, the two leads are people of color — one a dark-skinned Black man and the other a half-Japanese woman – creating a different dynamic.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 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
The ones of the pretty dark-skinned lady, cheesing for the camera.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
