light-skinned
Example Sentences
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The videos show a light-skinned man wearing dark clothing, a medical mask, beanie, and at times gloves and a cross-body bag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Officers are searching for the suspect who is described as “a light-skinned male, 20-30 years old wearing all black clothing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The video shows Mr. Mathurin getting in the face of a shorter, light-skinned man who was standing by the apartment complex’s stairwell.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The figure features a light-skinned rendition of the “Black Adam” star wearing blue slacks, a black belt, sneakers and a blue golf shirt — an ensemble that Johnson has never worn in actuality.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2023
We were all clearly black, of various shades of brown, some light brown, some medium brown, some very light-skinned, and all of us had curly hair.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
