swarthiness

IPA: swˈɔrðinʌs

Examples of "swarthiness" in Sentences

His body seemed leaner, because of the swarthiness of the skin.
Despite his natural swarthiness and the stubble that darkened his cheeks and jaw, his face seemed pale.
The brown in me has been muted over the centuries to a hint of swarthiness that usually gets me accused of being Italian.
The jack-booted thugs in the federal government profile us because of our faith in Allah and the swarthiness of our skin.
The contrast between Bobby Jindal and Charlie Crist on Meet the Press could not have been clearer, despite their mutual swarthiness.
My mother used to call me her little Spaniard, because of my swarthiness, that is when my father was not near, for such names angered him.
The yellow mustache appeared incongruous in the midst of such swarthiness, while the clear blue of the eyes produced a feeling of shock on the beholder.
It doesn't help, of course, that I bear a name and a countenance of sufficient swarthiness to increase the odds of my suitcase being "randomly" picked for a TSA inspection.
Instead of the customary greased swarthiness of the race, her skin was clear and of a light-bronze tone, and her features less harsh, more felicitously curved, than those common to the blood.