How to Use dark-skinned in a Sentence

dark-skinned

adjective

• That dark-skinned Cruzan boy came to the mean streets of Brooklyn and made a good life!
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Apr. 2024
• He’s described as a dark-skinned man with a heavy build.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
• The suspect is described by cops as dark-skinned and 5-foot-5 and was dressed in black.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
• The suspect is described as a dark-skinned male in his 20s with long hair.
  — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
• As classic as those films are, none of those leads are dark-skinned.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2024
• Police described the man as dark-skinned with a heavy build.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 Dec. 2024
• Many of them are dark-skinned and have lived less privileged lives.
  — Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Sometimes for a dark-skinned, Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that’s all there was out there.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
• One, by the latter, showed two dark-skinned men sitting poolside in pink Speedos.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
• This dark-skinned woman was mother to a pale-skinned child, often seen strapped to her body.
  — Time, 6 July 2023
• Because sometimes for a dark-skinned Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that's all there is out there.
  — Eric Andersson, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
• This certainly marked a change in tide for many dark-skinned Black women.
  — Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
• So, women who were dark-skinned, women whose hair was not blonde and straight, women who were fat?
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
• My celebration of dark skin can be seen in the use of dark-skinned models and in the highlighting of their skin.
  — Condé Nast, Vogue, 21 June 2023
• The second suspect was described as a dark-skinned Black male, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a slim build.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
• Leroy used both hues, slipping a dark-skinned retreat behind an off-white veil.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Mar. 2025
• Whereas Agatha is dark-skinned, about to lose her title, and unmarried with four kids.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 May 2023
• The gunman, described as a dark-skinned man with a green jacket, ran off and was last seen running south on Bushwick Ave.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
• The silent video of a skinny dark-skinned boy appears to reveal a singular player gliding through packs of mere mortals with the ball glued to his feet.
  — Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
• But then there's this dark-skinned girl with this health condition coming from the hood of New Haven, just trying to be as friendly as possible and fit in.
  — Julia Craven, SELF, 29 Mar. 2024
• Following the speech, groups of Tunisian men attacked dark-skinned migrants, assaulting some and chasing many from their homes.
  — Chao Deng, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
• However, despite the film’s acclaim, Scott’s casting in the film about a dark-skinned princess living in the Middle East drew criticism.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• The suspect is described as dark-skinned with braided hair and was wearing a black jacket with a black hoodie underneath.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
• Many who have studied Kahanamoku believe Hollywood then was not ready for a dark-skinned leading man.
  — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.
  — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
• Beautiful dark-skinned Lupita Nyong’o has the misfortune of personifying the guilt of the new racists.
  — Armond White, National Review, 10 July 2024
• In the post on X, Fuentes mocks a post praising a photo of an apparently white couple pictured with two light-skinned children and a dark-skinned baby.
  — Alexandra Alper and Raphael Satter, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
• The play, about two brothers, one dark-skinned, and the other with a complexion light enough to enable him to pass for white, drew Fugard his fifth Tony nomination for best play.
  — Carmel Dagan, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
• Families have been split up due to the too few appointments being offered each day, and the app also fails to recognize dark-skinned people.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
• Growing up dark-skinned in the South wasn’t always easy.
  — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025