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At times he relaxed, and when he did so, the sallowness in his cheeks showed, and the heavy lines on his face; then he looked tired.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was wormy white contrasted with the ugly dark sallowness of his face and hands.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

In the lights of the coaches’ office the agony showed, the handsomeness replaced by a weary sallowness, his eyes drawn tight and puffy from lack of sleep.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

A black baby has a bloom upon its little dusky cheek like a purple peach, and this was the quality which gave to Bice's sallowness a certain charm.

From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

The farmer fixed his eyes upon Mr. Hearty's emaciated sallowness, with all the superiority of one who knows that he is a fine figure of a man.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert