swarthy

Example Sentences

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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

This officer was thin and swarthy, and he had sad eyes.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

He, on the other hand, was swarthy, big fishhook of a nose, two inches shorter than she.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018

The cheeks were swarthy with a permanent shadow, his thick brows joined in the center.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez