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
I felt a shiver of shame recently, noticing the well-honed curve of a bicep and olive-skinned perfection of a theatre companion.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2017
Recently, a handsome, olive-skinned man of about forty showed up in multiple clips.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 15, 2016
But here she was, dewy and fresh, bespectacled, olive-skinned, almost childlike, smiling shyly at him and sucking a milkshake through a straw.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
