Definition of olive-skinned in US English:
olive-skinned
adjectiveˌäləvˈskindˌɑləvˈskɪnd
(of a person) having yellowish-brown skin.
an olive-skinned Italian goddess
Example sentencesExamples
- Kate is a stunning olive-skinned brunette, now in Grade 11 at a Toronto alternative school.
- White westerners stick out like sore thumbs alongside the olive-skinned inhabitants of Cambodia.
- He had a handsome face, olive-skinned with some sort of Hispanic heritage.
- A beautiful, olive-skinned maiden sashays over to me.
- Law enforcement sources tell CNN that three witnesses at two different shootings say that they saw an olive-skinned man.
- She described the man as "olive-skinned" or Mediterranean, with thick dark hair and a "slight fringe".
- You drive into the sunny night - retired Britons obviously come here for the heat - past new hotels, swimming pools being dug, and beautiful olive-skinned people.
- Each pair of cop hands grasped an arm as they led an olive-skinned college-aged kid, not much younger than myself, from the back seat.
- The short, olive-skinned Greek customs officer took my passport and eyed me suspiciously.
- According to tradition, the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego in 1531, leaving an olive-skinned image of herself on his cloak and helping drive the conversion of millions of Indians throughout the Americas.