dark-skinned
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile Heathcliff is described in the novel, written in 1847, as "dark-skinned", although his ancestry is ambiguous.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
One episode inverts the tired old scenario in which white explorers are threatened with death by dark-skinned natives; here, the captors are Nordic warrior women.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
“We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame,” a young Langston Hughes proclaimed in an essay nearly 100 years ago.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
According to church tradition, in 1531 the dark-skinned virgin appeared to the Indigenous peasant Juan Diego and her image was imprinted on his cloak, which is on display inside the church.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023
She is tall and dark-skinned, beautiful and broad shouldered.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
