olive-skinned
Example Sentences
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Tall, olive-skinned with electric green eyes, he was so handsome my cheeks were flushed when I walked through the front door of his shared Venice Beach home.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
It’s an olive-skinned man wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and a windbreaker.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022
Recently, a handsome, olive-skinned man of about forty showed up in multiple clips.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2016
NAPLES, Italy — Diego was the shy one in Father Silverio Mura’s class; a 13-year-old, olive-skinned and handsome, who spent his free time indoors watching cartoons.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2015
I still remember a pretty, olive-skinned girl I saw that day, riding on a big gray stallion behind a heavy-set man who was dusky black.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
