sallow

Example Sentences

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The video then shows still pictures of a young woman of similar appearance lying, looking sallow and with her eyes closed, on a blood-stained bedsheet.

From Reuters

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

The results were patchy, worsening the effect of my grown-out roots and sallow skin.

From Los Angeles Times

“Mother was already dying ... her hands were blue, her complexion was sallow, there were circles under her eyes,” she said.

From Reuters