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
“This was quite a man — a powerful six-footer, olive-skinned, full-faced, with a straggly beard,” Mr. Matthews wrote.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2016
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
Nymeria, languid, elegant, olive-skinned, her long black braid bound up in red-gold wire.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
