dark-complexioned
Example Sentences
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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
It is the practice to speak of the dark-complexioned people of France, Great Britain and Ireland as “black Celts,” although the ancient writers never applied the term “Celt” to any dark-complexioned person.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
In the doorway of the tailor shop is a dark-complexioned man in a gray sharkskin suit.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
In response to his repeated knocks, the door was opened at length by a small, dark-complexioned man.
From Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain by Laura Jean Libbey
