swarthy
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"He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard, and Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet," it says.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2022
Some in my father’s swarthy family liked to claim descent from Spanish Jews who fled the Inquisition to Poland — perhaps there was a reason for my affinity for Mediterranean food!
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2020
He, on the other hand, was swarthy, big fishhook of a nose, two inches shorter than she.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018
A swarthy man with smooth dark hair was sitting in a red leather armchair with a copy of the Financial Times and a cup of tea.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and, Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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