sallowness

Example Sentences

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At times he relaxed, and when he did so, the sallowness in his cheeks showed, and the heavy lines on his face; then he looked tired.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was wormy white contrasted with the ugly dark sallowness of his face and hands.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

In the lights of the coaches’ office the agony showed, the handsomeness replaced by a weary sallowness, his eyes drawn tight and puffy from lack of sleep.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

"Do you tell the story as a fact, sir?" said the Prince, whose dark cheek became almost green in its sallowness as he spoke.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

Are dyspepsia and indigestion to reduce the world to a common level of sallowness and pain, to the pangs and palenesses that prevail in teetotal regions?

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur