sallow
Example Sentences
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Penelope adjusted her hat to cover as much of her hair as possible, for she knew the dark hair made her face look sallow by comparison.
From Literature
On her best days, she was sallow, but this evening she wasn’t as pea-green as her dress.
From Literature
His skin is sallow, marked with age spots.
From New York Times
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
La Llorona’s gaunt face shriveled up like a pale raisin, becoming sallow and ashen, creased by centuries of wrinkles and dark blotches.
From Literature
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