fair-skinned
Example Sentences
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The police department’s Facebook account posted pictures of the suspect, who appears to be a White or fair-skinned man, Monday after a fire was reported at the Mercy Center mosque.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
That the doctor was fair-skinned, around 5-foot-10 with salt-and-pepper hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
They are more common in fair-skinned people who have less skin pigmentation, Avram said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
"They are very fair-skinned so they can be burnt, so they use mud to keep themselves cool and it act as a sun cream," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2022
The other man, also big and fair-skinned, looked older because of his meaner, sharp-featured face like an animal's in a beast fable a child knows by looking at the picture not to trust.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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