sallowness

Example Sentences

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At times he relaxed, and when he did so, the sallowness in his cheeks showed, and the heavy lines on his face; then he looked tired.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was wormy white contrasted with the ugly dark sallowness of his face and hands.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

In the lights of the coaches’ office the agony showed, the handsomeness replaced by a weary sallowness, his eyes drawn tight and puffy from lack of sleep.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

The skin becomes like leather; the colour of the cheeks is replaced by sallowness.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

It was rather thin, his cheeks were hollow, and there was an unhealthy sallowness in their color.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor