How to Use dark-skinned in a Sentence

dark-skinned

adjective
  • As classic as those films are, none of those leads are dark-skinned.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Many of them are dark-skinned and have lived less privileged lives.
    — Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Growing up dark-skinned in the South wasn’t always easy.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Leroy used both hues, slipping a dark-skinned retreat behind an off-white veil.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The suspect is described as a dark-skinned male in his 20s with long hair.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
  • This dark-skinned woman was mother to a pale-skinned child, often seen strapped to her body.
    — Time, 6 July 2023
  • 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 by cops as dark-skinned and 5-foot-5 and was dressed in black.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The scene takes place in a Muslim court between a dark-skinned king and a light-skinned thief.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • This certainly marked a change in tide for many dark-skinned Black women.
    — Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
  • One, by the latter, showed two dark-skinned men sitting poolside in pink Speedos.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 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
  • In other words, dark-skinned men will stand out dangerously in a sea of soldiers.
    — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Because sometimes for a dark-skinned Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that's all there is out there.
    — Eric Andersson, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Whereas Agatha is dark-skinned, about to lose her title, and unmarried with four kids.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 May 2023
  • Robert is a dark-skinned 17-year-old who plays soccer, is learning Spanish, and gets good grades.
    — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The defense also had a witness who described the shooter with the shotgun as bearded, stocky, and dark-skinned.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Just watching you, another beautiful dark-skinned woman, killing it.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The gunman, described as a dark-skinned man with a green jacket, ran off and was last seen running south on Bushwick Ave.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Many who have studied Kahanamoku believe Hollywood then was not ready for a dark-skinned leading man.
    — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • The experiences of dark-skinned people are so vast beyond the beauty industry.
    — L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 11 June 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
  • The app’s facial-recognition feature struggled to process the photos of dark-skinned asylum-seekers.
    — Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Nov. 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
  • Just watching you, another beautiful dark-skinned woman just killing it, that's my motivation.
    — Laura Lane, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Social media served up a daily video deluge of heavily armed agents randomly manhandling dark-skinned people.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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

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