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
The reception was almost forgotten, when one day Sylvia found the dark-complexioned young man with whom Monkley had made friends talking earnestly to him and her father.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
Before us stood a dark-complexioned young man, and at his side a small wiry old gentleman, who proved to be a native Austrian Tyrolese, who followed the profession of an artist in Paris.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell
"Did you notice a man loitering about—a stranger—middle-aged, dark-complexioned, with a dark beard or moustache—rather striking in appearance—perhaps a little dissolute?"
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
