fair-skinned
Example Sentences
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The police department’s Facebook account posted pictures of the suspect, who appears to be a White or fair-skinned man, Monday after a fire was reported at the Mercy Center mosque.
From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2023
They are more common in fair-skinned people who have less skin pigmentation, Avram said.
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023
Their similar red-haired, fair-skinned appearances have long been compared.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2022
And not just because she stars as Clare Kendry, a fair-skinned Black woman who moves through life as a white woman, in “Passing,” Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021
The heat was oppressive and her fair-skinned face red from the sun.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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