sallow
Example Sentences
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The results were patchy, worsening the effect of my grown-out roots and sallow skin.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
“For the last 2½ months, we showed the world. … The impossible became the routine for us,” Samoilenko said, looking sallow on the video, his beard grown wild.
From Washington Post • May 12, 2022
To Vasily’s left, one man lay against a grass verge next to his bicycle, his face sallow and eyes sunken.
From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2022
Her cheeks were sunken, complexion sallow, her tiny frame emaciated and frail.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2019
In his late thirties, he was an unathletic, sallow little man.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing sallow
Romeo and Juliet
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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The Kite Runner
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