How to Use dark-skinned in a Sentence

dark-skinned

adjective
Definition of dark-skinnednext
  • That dark-skinned Cruzan boy came to the mean streets of Brooklyn and made a good life!
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The suspect is described as a dark-skinned male in his 20s with long hair.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
  • As classic as those films are, none of those leads are dark-skinned.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Police described the man as dark-skinned with a heavy build.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Many of them are dark-skinned and have lived less privileged lives.
    — Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Sometimes for a dark-skinned, Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that’s all there was out there.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
  • One, by the latter, showed two dark-skinned men sitting poolside in pink Speedos.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This dark-skinned woman was mother to a pale-skinned child, often seen strapped to her body.
    — Time, 6 July 2023
  • This certainly marked a change in tide for many dark-skinned Black women.
    — Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
  • So, women who were dark-skinned, women whose hair was not blonde and straight, women who were fat?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
  • My celebration of dark skin can be seen in the use of dark-skinned models and in the highlighting of their skin.
    — Condé Nast, Vogue, 21 June 2023
  • 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
  • Whereas Agatha is dark-skinned, about to lose her title, and unmarried with four kids.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 May 2023
  • The silent video of a skinny dark-skinned boy appears to reveal a singular player gliding through packs of mere mortals with the ball glued to his feet.
    — Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • But then there's this dark-skinned girl with this health condition coming from the hood of New Haven, just trying to be as friendly as possible and fit in.
    — Julia Craven, SELF, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Following the speech, groups of Tunisian men attacked dark-skinned migrants, assaulting some and chasing many from their homes.
    — Chao Deng, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
  • However, despite the film’s acclaim, Scott’s casting in the film about a dark-skinned princess living in the Middle East drew criticism.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The suspect is described as dark-skinned with braided hair and was wearing a black jacket with a black hoodie underneath.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Many who have studied Kahanamoku believe Hollywood then was not ready for a dark-skinned leading man.
    — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.
    — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Beautiful dark-skinned Lupita Nyong’o has the misfortune of personifying the guilt of the new racists.
    — Armond White, National Review, 10 July 2024
  • Families have been split up due to the too few appointments being offered each day, and the app also fails to recognize dark-skinned people.
    — The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In the United States, Meghan was able to evade some of the discrimination commonly directed to dark-skinned Black people.
    — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The experiences of dark-skinned people are so vast beyond the beauty industry.
    — L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 11 June 2024
  • Ryan Destiny deserves a career that is worthy of her talent, one that dark-skinned Black women often aren’t afforded.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Wang wanted to explore class and colorism, so another of the novel’s white characters, Hilary Starr, became dark-skinned and Southeast Asian.
    — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • This work is inspired and titled after the roadside restaurant Mammy’s Cupboard, built in the 1940s as an architectural sculpture of a dark-skinned serving woman in a full hoop skirt.
    — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
  • This book underscores this through a low-stress lesson on diversity as seen on the streets of London with a visibly dark-skinned Latina main character.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Just watching you, another beautiful dark-skinned woman, killing it.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Despite the fact that slaves were given very little to eat and were often worked into early graves, the notion of the large, middle-aged, dark-skinned Black woman who loved her owners more than life itself became cherished.
    — Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 2 Mar. 2023

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