dark-skinned

adjective

ˈdärk-ˈskind

: having a brown skin tone : having dark pigmentation of the skin

Uncle Shelton was a thin, dark-skinned black man with a sharp conk and a soft-spoken voice.—

Drew T. Brown III

The dark-skinned Aboriginals, thought to have migrated from mainland Southeast Asia 40,000 years ago, numbered 300,000 when the first British settlers arrived.—

Seymour Topping

Examples of dark-skinned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the next room, a sculpture comprising a circle of coconuts and three conch shells, and titled Coral, Coconut Portal, frames another painting, Allegory of Liberation, showing a dark-skinned girl with horns and flowing black hair. —

Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024 When Date Night first debuted in September 2023, consumers were quick to point out that its 15-shade range, billed as being adaptive to one’s skin tone, didn’t fully cater to dark-skinned consumers. —

Noor Lobad, WWD, 25 Sep. 2024 The second suspect was described as a dark-skinned Black male, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a slim build. —

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024 One, by the latter, showed two dark-skinned men sitting poolside in pink Speedos. —

Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dark-skinned

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