Sallow
in example sentence
A small and extremely dark man presently made a noisy entrance, and began speaking from the door; he had a
sallow
complexion and a slightly eccentric air.
More example sentences with word sallow
Slender for her fifteen years, all that showed of her limbs outside the narrow sheath of her chemise were her bluish feet, as it were tattooed with coal, and her slight arms, the milky whiteness of which contrasted with the
sallow
tint of her face, already spoilt by constant washing with black soap.
And he listened for five minutes to the general secretary, a tall
sallow
gentleman, who spoke to him over the papers of his bureau without rising.
Then was seen stepping down from the carriage a gentleman in a short coat with silver braiding, with bald brow, and wearing a tuft of hair at the back of his head, of a
sallow
complexion and the most benign appearance.
Behind the linen caps hanging from the rusty iron rods, the face of Therese presented a more olive, a more
sallow
pallidness, and the immobility of sinister calm.
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