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
“Mother was already dying ... her hands were blue, her complexion was sallow, there were circles under her eyes,” she said.
From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2022
The yellow-orange stain of surgical antiseptic is sallow on my skin, accented by the remains of purple felt-tip-pen markings that are not hypothetical indicators this time.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2022
Her cheeks were sunken, complexion sallow, her tiny frame emaciated and frail.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2019
On a bench sits a goitrous and sallow German sergeant major with shadows carved under his eyes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing sallow
Romeo and Juliet
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The Kite Runner
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