sallow
Example Sentences
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His skin is sallow, marked with age spots.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2023
The results were patchy, worsening the effect of my grown-out roots and sallow skin.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
The haunting figure, his flesh a sallow yellow as if a waxwork, lies surrounded by brown fallen leaves.
From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2022
“If you’re cool, these warm colors will give you that sallow, yellow look to your skin. Even the whites of your eyes can go a little bit yellow.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2021
His face looked strangely melancholy and sallow; his hands might have been candles, he might have been about to bless her like a priest on Ash Wednesday.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Vocabulary lists containing sallow
Romeo and Juliet
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