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

The haunting figure, his flesh a sallow yellow as if a waxwork, lies surrounded by brown fallen leaves.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2022

Later, his second cousin, the sallow “master of sarcasm,” Rep. John Randolph of Roanoke, does his darnedest to replace Madison with the seemingly supple Monroe in the race to succeed President Jefferson in 1808.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2020

Her cheeks were sunken, complexion sallow, her tiny frame emaciated and frail.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2019

Anyone who looked at their sallow skin could see that.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque