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

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

“If you’re cool, these warm colors will give you that sallow, yellow look to your skin. Even the whites of your eyes can go a little bit yellow.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2021

He now believes his braces forced him to mouth-breathe, narrowing his upper jaw and contributing to his sallow appearance and recessed chin.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

She was a tall girl of about his own age, very sallow, almost white-skinned; her mother, they said in the village, was from Osskil or some such foreign land.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin