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Meanings of sallow in English

Unhealthy looking.

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Usage of sallow in English
1
The hue is rather bloodless and leaden; but he was alway sallow.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
2
For the rest of the day the sallow held her head high.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
3
He saw the sallow face and thin breasts of the older sister.
Three Soldiers
4
He paused, his sallow face flushed with the enthusiasm of his idea.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
5
Her cheeks were sallow; her dark eyes burnt behind their thick lashes.
The Mating of Lydia
6
Because I had sallow skin, I said my parents were from Scandinavia.
Independent.ie
7
His cheeks were sallow, low in flesh, but the spirit was there.
Watch Yourself Go By
8
Her hair was in tousled strings and her face was sallow, creased.
Main Street
9
His hair was black, his complexion sallow; but his features were good.
Verner's Pride
10
She was a sallow brunette but her features were regular and delicate.
For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store
11
The English clerk of Tesmans remembered that she had a sallow face.
Victory: An Island Tale
12
She turned a dull red under the tan of her sallow complexion.
The Rules of the Game
13
She had the same pale, sallow face, the same glittering black eyes.
Run to Earth: A Novel
14
There was a little spot of colour, even, in her sallow cheeks.
The Cinema Murder
15
The least memory of those sallow, hungry faces convinced him of that.
Riders of the Silences
16
His complexion had turned sallow from too many years of hard drinking.
Rebel island
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common