dark-complexioned
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On her deck Admiral Samuel S. Robison,*sturdy stocky, determined, dark-complexioned with iron-grey hair and a close-clipped mustache, faced Admiral Robert E. Coontz, for two years Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. fleet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hardly anyone paid much attention to four dark-complexioned young men who mingled with the crowd.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What of that?" said a dark-complexioned fellow, whose high cheek-bones and sharp under-jaw bespoke a Pole.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
For just as she had rung the bell a hansom cab drove up to the door, and a tall, dark-complexioned young man leaped out.
From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various
She was dark-complexioned and her forehead and chin receded, but the effect was anything but weak; she had a face like a beautiful arrowhead—and a familiar one, by golly!
From The Big Time by Leiber, Fritz
