Example Sentences

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She had the pallidly dusky skin of a Eurasian, but, by virtue of nature or artifice, her cheeks wore a peachlike bloom.

From The Yellow Claw by Rohmer, Sax

I saw her peachlike color fade; saw her become pale and wild-eyed—the haunted Karamaneh of the old days.

From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Rohmer, Sax

She saw the light die quickly out of the blue eyes and the rich peachlike bloom from the delicate, dimpled cheeks.

From Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love by Libbey, Laura Jean