pasty skin
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describes skin (on the face or body) that is unpleasantly pale and unhealthy-looking
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Examples (20)
- He had the pasty skin of someone who rarely goes outside.
- After a week in the sun, her skin was no longer pale but had a healthy glow.
- After weeks of illness, her face was thin with pasty skin.
- The illness left him with a sallow, pasty skin that worried his family.
- The flickering fluorescent lights made everyone's pasty skin look even worse.
- Despite eating well, his skin remained stubbornly pasty, suggesting a lack of fresh air.
- Long hours in the office left him with pasty skin and dark circles under his eyes.
- She tried various remedies to combat her naturally pasty skin, but nothing seemed to work.
- Vitamin deficiency can often lead to pasty skin and low energy.
- The character in the play had a ghostly appearance due to his extremely pasty skin.
- Despite the summer heat, he maintained his characteristically pasty skin.
- Many people living in northern climates develop a pasty skin due to limited sun exposure.
- The doctor noticed the patient's pasty skin during the initial examination.
- He looked unwell, with dark circles under his eyes and a generally pasty skin.
- Living in a basement apartment resulted in pasty skin from lack of sunlight.
- The doctor suspected a vitamin deficiency because of her consistently pasty skin.
- He tried to hide his pasty skin with a bit of bronzer, but it looked unnatural.
- Her pale complexion and pasty skin made her look much older than she was.
- Her pasty skin suggested she hadn't been eating a balanced diet.
- He emerged from his long hibernation with a weak constitution and a noticeably pasty skin.