Swarthy Sentence Examples

His complexion was swarthy, his hair dark, and his eye bright and piercing.

They were swarthy men, and some of them wore earrings.

It was the name of the fellow with the swarthy countenance.

She stood, amazed and confused, her swarthy face flushed, her eyes full of contempt and regret.

He was short of stature, swarthy and broadchested, with a large head which early turned grey, snub nose and deep-set eyes.

A whole pack of Italians have turned up to back Malvoli -- swarthy, savage fellows of some country, anyhow.

Nesvitski could hardly keep from laughter provoked by a swarthy hussar officer who walked beside him.

In front came a man wearing a strange shako and a blue cloak, swarthy, sunburned, and with a hooked nose.

Like a swarthy old drill sergeant, we at itchy are at hand to kick you lazy layabouts into touch.

She is described as "not one of the handsomest women in the world; she is of a middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised, and in fact has nothing but the English king's great appetite, and her eyes which are black and beautiful, and take great effect."

Even so the gods of the Ethiopians are swarthy and flat-nosed, the gods of the Thracians are fair-haired and blue eyed..

This Neolithic race has consequently been nicknamed " Iberians," and it is now common to speak of the " Iberian " ancestry of the people of Britain, recognizing the racial characteristics of " Iberians " in the" small swarthy Welshman," the " small dark Highlander," and the " Black Celts to the west of the Shannon," as well as in the typical inhabitants of Aquitania and Brittany.

Dark, swarthy; yellow, copper-coloured are all adjectives employed to describe their complexion - the truth being that their habits of life do not conduce either to the preservation or display of the natural colour of their skin, and that some of them are really fair, and others, perhaps the majority, really dark.

He is described at this time by Mme de Motteville as "well-made, with a swarthy complexion agreeing well with his fine black eyes, a large ugly mouth, a graceful and dignified carriage and a fine figure "; and according to the description circulated later for his capture after the battle of Worcester, he was over six feet tall.

The swarthy figure and brilliant costume of the "Moor" when reproduced in wood and picked out in colours produced a very striking effect, and when a small table was supported on the head by the upraised hands the idea of passive service was suggested with completeness.

After a fortnight natives, swarthy and ill-looking, with ugly hair, great eyes and_broad cheeks (Beothuk or Micmac Indians?) appeared with many skin canoes; in the spring following these Skraelings came back and bartered with their visitors.

The natives are rather low in stature, but plump and well shaped, with short necks, swarthy faces, black eyes and long black hair.