pasty complexion

Frequency: 4.52.8 per million words

describes an unhealthily pale and soft-looking skin

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  • After weeks of illness, he emerged from his room with a pasty complexion.
  • After months of illness, he was left with a pasty complexion.
  • The lack of sunlight in the office gave all the workers a similarly pasty complexion.
  • The programmer's pasty complexion suggested he rarely left his desk.
  • She was so frightened by the sudden noise that her face took on a pasty complexion.
  • She was concerned by his pasty complexion and cold sweat.
  • His unhealthy diet of processed foods was likely the cause of his pasty complexion.
  • A pasty complexion is often a sign of vitamin deficiency.
  • The doctor was concerned by the patient's listlessness and pasty complexion.
  • He stepped out of the basement with a startled look and a pasty complexion.
  • Even in the summer, the reclusive author had a pasty complexion from staying indoors.
  • The harsh fluorescent lights made her pasty complexion look even worse.
  • Beneath the heavy stage makeup, the tired actor had a pasty complexion.
  • Years in the city had turned his healthy glow into a pasty complexion.
  • You should get some fresh air; that pasty complexion doesn't suit you.
  • He had the pasty complexion of someone who survives on junk food.
  • Chronic stress and sleep deprivation had given him a perpetually pasty complexion.
  • Despite his pasty complexion, he insisted he was perfectly healthy.
  • The old portrait showed a man with dark, sunken eyes and a pasty complexion.
  • The doctor noted the patient's pasty complexion during the examination.