How To Use Swarthy In A Sentence
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Perrault's ‘Bluebeard’ is the story of a rich, middle-aged gentleman, named for his swarthy chin and saturnine manner, who marries a young woman.
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And here the conquered men of Ind, swarthy horsemen and sword wielders, fiercely barbaric, blazing in crimson and scarlet, Sikhs, Rajputs, Burmese, province by province, and caste by caste.
CORONATION DAY
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Greeks were everywhere -- swarthy men in sea-boots and tam-o'-shanters, hatless women in bright colors, hordes of sturdy children, and all speaking in outlandish voices, crying shrilly and vivaciously with the volubility of the Mediterranean.
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Stock villains tend to be swarthy, towel-headed terrorists or slit-eyed, buck-toothed guerrillas.
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A number of swarthy men in bizarre dark glasses had taken over the fishing activity.
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He was swarthy and well-built, with dark hair and a moustache.
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Why did he invoke the swarthy boogeymen of the modern right-wing imagination right before launching into a verse about the good old days when his "grandpappy" would "take all the rope in Texas ... find a tall oak tree," and "hang them high in the street, for all the people to see?
Max Blumenthal: Feelin' The Hate With Toby Keith Nation
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“Hear, King Moloch!” called Hasdrubal, lifting his swarthy arms to heaven, then striking them with his sword till the blood gushed down, “suffer us to escape this calamity and I vow thee even my daughter Tibaït, — a child in her tenth year, — she shall die in thy holy furnace a sacrifice.”
A Victor of Salamis
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Ricky's grin of recognition revealed a healthy complement of gleaming white dentition, all the more albescent in contrast to his swarthy visage.
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Awnings shade raucous vegetable sellers while swarthy men with wooden carts hawk pomegranates, dates and mangoes.
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Everything good in nature and the world is in that moment of transition, when the swarthy juices still flow plentifully from nature, but their astringency or acridity is got out by ethics and humanity ’.
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Tyler Sudley would break out, addressing the teacher, all unmindful of scholastic etiquette, a flush of pleasure rising to his swarthy cheek as he thrust back his wide black hat on his long dark hair and turned his candid gray eyes, all aglow, upon the cadaverous, ascetic preceptor, "ain't Lee-yander a-gittin 'on powerful, _powerful_ fas' with his book?
The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895
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Depending on the waters mood you might have a calm dark sea or a swarthy raging waves in the middle of a storm and it looks so realistic.
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Out of it would come one Sally, sister of its swarthy tenant, swarthy herself, shady-lipped, sad-voiced, and, bending over her flower-bed, would gather a "posy," as she called it, for the little boy.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
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To make them, the fatty segment of brisket called the deckle is thrown back into the smoker for extra rendering, then served as a pile of crunchy, unctuous hunks, crusted in a swarthy, earthy rub that includes brown sugar, paprika and Greek coffee.
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One only need to walk down King William Street to see mobs of swarthy young men in expensive leather jackets using the very latest mobile phones.
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He had a broad swarthy face.
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Once again, as in the case of a woman found guilty by a bank teller of depositing a small cheque, the swarthy are at special risk.
There ain't no-flys on me
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Camera Three dollied in for a close-up of the swarthy stranger.
Prayers To Broken Stones
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The scrawny swarthy-skinned kid in the mirror blinked back at him.
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We can call the swarthy man in the commercial Walid Ibn Horton.
~ Angry Bear
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The one who called himself Nathaniel was swarthy and handsome with dark, intense eyes and a spill of brunet hair over a pair of broad shoulders.
Surrender the Dark
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Many may believe that once we have them, policemen will stop swarthy characters on street corners and promptly deport those who have no right to remain.
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That he loved her, on the other hand, was as clear as day, and she consciously delighted in beholding his love-manifestations - the glowing eyes with their tender lights, the trembling hands, and the never failing swarthy flush that flooded darkly under his sunburn.
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There were grave Spaniards in long cloaks and feathered beavers; jolly merchants and artisans in short linen jackets, each with his tabatiere, the wives with bits of finery, the children laughing and shouting and dodging in and out between fathers and mothers beaming with quiet pride and contentment; swarthy boat-men with their worsted belts, gaudy negresses chanting in the soft patois, and here and there a blanketed Indian.
The Crossing
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The swarthy Australian bustled into the box and lashed the ball urgently past Roy, the last, florid statement in what had become a hollow argument.
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He turns stereotypically feminine qualities like compassion and forgiveness into swarthy, macho rebel stances - this is one big, badass Jesus.
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And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.
Think Progress » Buchanan: Americans Should Consider Allowing Only White Immigrants
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Eric Eisenbud: Svelte, swarthy, epicurian and 50 megaton-magnitude fresser.
February « 2010 « Off The Broiler
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Bothanairidh, and in the evenings the young lassies would be making great laughing while the cailleachs span; and once, long long ago, when the crotal was young on the rocks on the moors, there came a swarthy lad and said fareweel tae his lass under this tree.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran
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My favorite here was the Redcat Amber,(Sentence dictionary) which struck a nice balance between the pale and the swarthy.
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The chasseur was a tall, meagre, swarthy Spaniard or mulatto, lightly clad in cotton shirt and drawers, with broad straw hat, and moccasins of raw-hide; his belt sustaining his long, straight, flat sword or _machete_, like an iron bar sharpened at one end; and he wore by the same belt three cotton leashes for his three dogs, sometimes held also by chains.
Black Rebellion Five Slave Revolts
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I don't know, swarthy Latin flowers swanning over here, stealing our innocent British flowers and ‘interfering with their genetic integrity’.
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A lean , swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently.
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Victims have described the cowboy car impounders as ‘swarthy and threatening’.
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Bill is quite swarthy, and generally has a few days growth of designer stubble on his face.
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The man sat all twisted and huddled in his chair in a way which gave an inde - scribable impression of deformity; but the face which he turned towards us, though worn and swarthy, must at some time have been remarkable for its beauty.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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Tens of thousands of people now live and work in Docklands, rather more yuppie financial types than the swarthy dockers of old.
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Four marines emerged on deck with a swarthy looking, squint-eyed pirate, his arms and legs in irons.
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The people are thus far nearly white in the colour of their skin, but in the more southerly of the three regions above defined, with a mixture of brown, or of the complexion of brunettes, or such as we term swarthy or sallow persons.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens
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Bob Loder was a swarthy, heavily built, square-faced man with a blotched skin and unhealthy pallor and small, discouraged eyes.
She Closed Her Eyes
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The chasseur was a tall, meagre, swarthy Spaniard or mulatto, lightly clad in cotton shirt and drawers, with broad straw-hat and moccasins of raw hide; his belt sustaining his long, straight, flat sword or _machete_, like an iron bar sharpened at one end; and he wore by the same belt three cotton leashes for his three dogs, sometimes held also by chains.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
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His swarthy good looks - and rising income - were considered a hot ticket by any number of beautiful young women.
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But I couldn't help but wonder, if that's how an innocuous honky is treated, what's happening to the swarthy bearded types?
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But the swarthy Greek waiter with the snake hips and the cheesy chat-up lines has suddenly turned into the man of your dreams.
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a smile on his swarthy face
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`With admirable virtue for cleansing the skin from all discolour, such as sunburn, freckles, swarthy, yellow, or tawny colour.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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He is lowbrowed, swarthy, ill kept, and wears rings in his ears.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation
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`With admirable virtue for cleansing the skin from all discolour, such as sunburn, freckles, swarthy, yellow, or tawny colour.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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He was extraordinary tall and broad of shoulder; his complexion was swarthy, and fierce black eyes glittered from deep-set sockets in his dark face.
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He was swarthy and well-built, with dark hair and a moustache.
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A swarthy daughter a asparagus grower, in culottes , shirt, and bandanna, pedaled past on her bicycle.
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The 'black Ethiopes' are a favourite image for making comparisons between women: Sylvia's fairness 'Shows Julia but a swarthy Ethiope' (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2.6.26).
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McKinnon thrang with the dealers, and Mirren not far off still sonsy -- when we passed there I saw that Margaret was all trembling; and when we saw Bryde, tall and swarthy, coming to us, I saw the smiling in her eyes and her face aglow.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran
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Stampt with my signet are the swarthy children of the sun:
Gender, Environment, and Imperialism in William Blake's _Visions of the Daughters of Albion_
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Borrow's life, for, soon after, when he first came among gypsy tents, and saw the long-haired woman with skin dark and swarthy like that of a toad, and a particularly evil expression, and when her husband threatened to baste the intruder with a ladle, the boy broke forth into what in Romany would be called a "gillie," or ditty, ending --
Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913
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The swarthy craftmaster swung off the driver's seat of the cart, still holding the leads.
Cadmian's Choice
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I was vaguely aware of a young man beyond her, a swarthy, slim specimen who watched me suspiciously.
ANTI-ICE
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Her swarthy fingers fairly raced over the strings, "like little spiders," and she ended up this time with a jaunty shout of "Ganda" or "Gassa," and with flashing eyes banged on the table with her little fist.
Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories
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-- Tony blushes her swarthy crimson: Diana, fluttering, rebukes her; but Diana is the appeasable
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
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Every slightly swarthy man who emerged from the arrivals gate got his picture taken.
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He was at the wheel, a small, well-knit, muscular man of say forty-five, with black hair graying on the temples, a big eagle-face, swarthy, with keen, intelligent black eyes.
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The swarthy figure jogging through the centre of Amsterdam might only have been vaguely familiar last week had it not been for the slightly grubby Hearts training top he was wearing.
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`With admirable virtue for cleansing the skin from all discolour, such as sunburn, freckles, swarthy, yellow, or tawny colour.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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A plain child with swarthy features, she would turn into an auburn-haired beauty with dimples, large blue eyes and long, slim legs.
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He's stumpy and swarthy, with a quick mind and aptitude for getting in trouble.
Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud: Book summary
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He was a priest, but a sinister one: swarthy, blunt-featured and built like a pugilist.
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
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Fearon reappeared holding a towel, his black hair glistening wet and rivulets running down his swarthy skin.
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My favorite here was the Redcat Amber, which struck a nice balance between the pale and the swarthy.
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He was middle-aged, a swarthy, stocky man with the fine hands of a desk worker.
THE DISPOSSESSED
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A whole generation of Coast Guard officers had learned the use of the sextant from this swarthy, overweight professional.
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
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The four classes are thralls (slaves who are described as swarthy, twisted, and ugly), karls (freeman farmers, described as strong and ruddy, of red hair and complexion), jarls (earls, described as fair of skin and complexion), and the kings (even fairer than the jarls).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past
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She is brought coral and pearls in a conch by a young negress whose dark skin distracts attention from her own swarthy Breton complexion.
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Standing upon the lonely sea shore, Uriah recalled the swarthy, leering face of Sam Jones, recently punished for infraction of discipline, and the crooked smile of Martin, he who puffed everlastingly at his pipe and wore a red handkerchief for a turban and earrings of heavy gold.
The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country
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Tough, swarthy men milled about with bales and ropes.
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All this makes European football look like one of those dingy dive bars where a dozen or so swarthy, unshaven toughs chase two or three belles.
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The beady eyes of the swarthy man focused on his like a snake upon its prey, and he hunched up, balling his fists, his body lean and ornery.
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My maternal grandfather came from North Wales, and judging by the swarthy skins he bequeathed to his children, the Spaniards from the scattered Spanish Armada had some responsibility there.
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Swart star: the Dogstar, called swarthy because its heliacal rising in ancient times occurred soon after midsummer.
Notes: Book Second. Palgrave, Francis T
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A swarthy, warty face half covered in hair, the narrow eyes netted with wrinkles, the expression both sly and somehow desperate.
THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
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The four were swarthy men, and, unlike the Greeks they were seeking to oppose, their swart was a peculiarity of birth, a racial sign.
The Prince of India — Volume 02
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The people of Nwhagen have skin ranging from swarthy to dark olive in color.
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Fred had middled it straight through college her only life until then and had come out believing that even if she would never seem strong, swarthy, butch, or scary, at least she could try not to seem like a titmouse.
The Sitzer
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the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain
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Jackson's creation of an army from leather-shirted Kentucky riflemen, gay Creoles from the Creole Quarter of the Crescent City, swarthy
The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)
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Elsewhere at the party, a swarthy portrait artist made googly eyes and thickly accented passes at Sheree, but the woman only had eyes for her own giant-sized image.
'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Breaking Up with NeNe | EW.com
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The door was opened by a great swarthy bear of a man in a blue jacket and trousers made of sailcloth.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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He was Edward Rose, a swarthy man with black, Cherokee, and white blood in his veins.
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Police said the man had a swarthy complexion, was generally unkempt, around 5ft 10 in tall and slim.
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a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently
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Exorbitantly priced restaurants, for one week, set up a special menu for us swarthy groundlings.
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The welder was a divorcee in his late 30s called Bob Craddock, a swarthy, no-nonsense type who instantly took a shine to me.
A bit of bonhomie
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Hastily, but not carelessly, induing himself in these articles of disguise, he then proceeded to stain his fair cheeks with a preparation which soon gave them a swarthy hue.
The Disowned — Complete
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The number of purely white People in the World is proportionally very small…in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are Germans also, the Saxons only accepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.
Think Progress » Pat Buchanan’s Anti-Hispanic Rhetoric Echoes Earlier Anti-Immigrant Hysteria
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All this makes European football look like one of those dingy dive bars where a dozen or so swarthy, unshaven toughs chase two or three belles.
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He was now ready to improvize, and dashed thumb and finger on the zither, tossing up his face, swarthy-flushed: "There was a steinbock with a beard.
Vittoria — Volume 5
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The small swarthy beetle of a king, as he appears in Carle Vanloo's portrait at Versailles (not at all like Boucher's Phoebus), was insatiate.
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And my broad accent, my swarthy complexion, my unseamanlike costume, adapted to the climate, all seemed to contradict my statement that I was an American sailor.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
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Lean could go either way, it makes sense describing a magazine or a human, but swarthy is a word that has sexual connotations and creates a spark of juxtaposition when placed next to periodicals, injecting an almost comedic element to the opening.
O’Hara : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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Obviously well under twenty years of age, the shaveling advocate was of average height and stocky physique, black-haired and swarthy of complexion: not an advocate who would transfix by sheer physical presence, though his face was pleasant enough.
The First Man in Rome
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They were all the rage in the scifi stories I was raised with and nothing turns me off more than to know that some intrepid soul is going on a Hero's Journey with and elf, a wizard and a swarthy man-at-arms by his side.
I'm not sure how I feel about this
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Perrault's ‘Bluebeard’ is the story of a rich, middle-aged gentleman, named for his swarthy chin and saturnine manner, who marries a young woman.
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That he loved her, on the other hand, was as clear as day, and she consciously delighted in beholding his love-manifestations — the glowing eyes with their tender lights, the trembling hands, and the never failing swarthy flush that flooded darkly under his sunburn.
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