How to Use swarthy in a Sentence

swarthy

adjective

• A swarthy man with smooth dark hair was sitting in a red leather armchair with a copy of the Financial Times and a cup of tea.
  — John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2017
• Trendsetter that Turner was, the summer of 1946 saw a run on swarthy boy toys.
  — Jennifer Crittenden, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2020
• Take that, Indiana Jones, whose foes always seemed to be swarthier than his allies.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
• The whole thing is amazing, extra tall, very attractive, swarthy, big smile, wearing a cute outfit.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2021
• The addition of a swarthy square or two to a sauce or gravy can transform a braise, chili, stew or pie filling into a dish of intrigue, like an unseen hand working culinary magic in the pan.
  — Sue Quinn, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
• Alternative for Germany placards, torn and strewn on the street, show grinning, swarthy men clutching handfuls of euros.
  — Amanda Taub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2017
• Here are 13 films that illustrate his range, durability and swarthy magnetism.
  — Scott Tobias, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
• Serge, a Roman nose and swarthy menace, eyes seductive and haunted, Lord Byron crooning lewd chansons.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
• Times vary with the tides, but head out for a spot of wadlopen - walking on the mud-flats at low-tide, with a swarthy local 'ranger' to learn about the ecology of this unique ecosystem, to forage for wild oysters, and to enjoy the unusual vistas.
  — Jack Dancy, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
• The wicked irony is that McBurney, who prides himself on his virility and swarthy looks, is confined to a traditionally feminine role in tending the garden.
  — Amandas Ong, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2018
• First, the author immediately notes that for every swarthy barbarian there is a depiction of another trope, the Evil Blonde Guy.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2011
• This culminates in a long sequence where, like a siren of the sea, Juliette sings by a quiet stream, unaware that Jean, the swarthy, womanizing pilot whose plane went down, is bathing nude nearby and instantly falls in love with her.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022
• If 24: Legacy wanted to avoid images that might stoke Islamophobic feelings among its viewers, then a brutal home invasion by swarthy men with thick accents was, perhaps, not the way to go.
  — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Feb. 2017
• At a press conference, a swarthy member of the fourth estate launches into a fiery Bolshevik speech about the unemployed, but Hammond rejects pleas for presidential action.
  — Thomas Doherty, Slate Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
• His sister cited Booker's swarthy, handsome complexion factored in their mother's obsession for him.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022
• Those of us who are basically translucent are quite familiar with this annoying ritual, though our more swarthy companions should also pay attention.
  — cleveland, 18 July 2022
• As Patrizia, swilling martinis, grows more acquisitive, more stoked to assert control over the company, Lady Gaga narrows her features, letting a swarthy ferocity burn through them.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2021
• The dual meaning, however, seemed lost on the Okura’s concierge, whose rigorous training hadn’t prepared her to counsel swarthy, disreputable-seeming, late-arriving foreigners in search of evolved accommodation.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2016
• In the prisoners dock, aggressive blonde German officers sat beside anemic, swarthy, turbaned Hindus and plain American businessmen.
  — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 6 Mar. 2020
• Across South Florida, anyone who vaguely resembled the swarthy killer came under suspicion — in heavily Hispanic Miami, that was pretty much everyone.
  — David Ovalle and Joey Flechas, miamiherald, 14 July 2017
• Mexicans became useful villains, historians say: swarthy, dangerous antagonists to fairer heroines or heroes, through a range of negative stereotyping.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024