sallow

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2019

She was languid and beautiful, with a long, sallow Modigliani face, sharp eyes and slender fingers.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

The classroom door opened as she spoke, and Snape stepped into the corridor, his sallow face framed as ever by two curtains of greasy black hair.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling