sallow
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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
“Mother was already dying ... her hands were blue, her complexion was sallow, there were circles under her eyes,” she said.
From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2022
The yellow-orange stain of surgical antiseptic is sallow on my skin, accented by the remains of purple felt-tip-pen markings that are not hypothetical indicators this time.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2022
He now believes his braces forced him to mouth-breathe, narrowing his upper jaw and contributing to his sallow appearance and recessed chin.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020
He was a lean, starved, haggard thing, all bones and tight-drawn sallow skin.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing sallow
Romeo and Juliet
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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The Kite Runner
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