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

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

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

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

He was deeply moved, but his face showed his emotion only by a slight increase of sallowness.

From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Harris, Joel Chandler

That unsullied complexion of bloom was now entirely gone, without being any way replaced by sallowness, as is usual in similar instances.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman