sallow

Example Sentences

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His skin is sallow, marked with age spots.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2023

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

One newspaper described her as “a sharp-featured woman, about forty-seven years old, with a sallow complexion and black hair.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2022

“How long that sallow mealworm’s powder lasts I couldn’t guess,” said the dwarf.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander