sallow
Example Sentences
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The canvas, 5 feet square, imposes the sentiment in a stack of crisp white words over snow-covered mountain scenery, the sky a sallow yellow fading upward into bilious green.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023
To Vasily’s left, one man lay against a grass verge next to his bicycle, his face sallow and eyes sunken.
From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2022
Her cheeks were sunken, complexion sallow, her tiny frame emaciated and frail.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2019
She was languid and beautiful, with a long, sallow Modigliani face, sharp eyes and slender fingers.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019
Her skin was sallow, her eye sockets dark and sunken.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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