sallow
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When they film themselves preening on their phones, with the images projected onto the giant mirrors, Claire and Solange use filters that turn their sallow, pinched faces into plump-lipped, high-cheekboned ones that suggest Kim Kardashian.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The results were patchy, worsening the effect of my grown-out roots and sallow skin.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 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
Later, his second cousin, the sallow “master of sarcasm,” Rep. John Randolph of Roanoke, does his darnedest to replace Madison with the seemingly supple Monroe in the race to succeed President Jefferson in 1808.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2020
Despite her care, Javier’s skin turns sallow and thins until it looks as if she could strip it away in papery sheets.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing sallow
Romeo and Juliet
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The Kite Runner
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