fair-skinned
Example Sentences
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She added that "a fair-skinned, freckly person will have a higher chance of developing skin cancer than someone with perhaps darker skin".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2023
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
I am fair-skinned, lighter than my two sisters.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022
She thinks of her ancestors, those fair-skinned Conquistadores arriving in this new world, not knowing that the gold they sought was this blazing light.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
