translucent skin

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skin that is very pale or thin, so that you can see veins through it

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Examples (20)

  • The elderly woman had delicate, translucent skin that revealed the blue veins beneath.
  • Her delicate features and translucent skin gave her an ethereal appearance.
  • Her translucent skin made her look almost ethereal in the moonlight.
  • The newborn's translucent skin was so thin you could almost see the tiny veins beneath.
  • Patients with this condition often have very thin, translucent skin on their hands.
  • After a long illness, his complexion had become pale, almost translucent skin.
  • He noticed the translucent skin of the newborn baby, so fragile and soft.
  • Certain deep-sea fish possess translucent skin as a form of camouflage in the dark depths.
  • The artist struggled to capture the glow of her translucent skin in the portrait.
  • The vampire in the novel was depicted with chillingly pale and translucent skin.
  • As she aged, her skin became increasingly translucent, showing every detail of the structure underneath.
  • She protected her sensitive, translucent skin from the sun with wide-brimmed hats.
  • Vampires are often depicted in literature as having unnaturally translucent skin.
  • As people age, their skin can become thinner and more translucent, revealing veins more clearly.
  • The medicine caused his skin to become translucent and sensitive to sunlight.
  • The artist used delicate washes of color to portray the model's translucent skin.
  • In the harsh hospital light, his translucent skin looked pale and sickly.
  • His hands, with their prominent bones, had an almost translucent skin quality.
  • Light seemed to pass right through his translucent skin, giving him a ghostly appearance.
  • The medical condition caused her normally healthy complexion to develop translucent skin patches.