Swarthier

The investigators found that men typically want women's faces to have feminine shape and feminine reflectance (such as plump lips and wide eyes), while women typically want men's faces to have masculine reflectance (such as swarthier skin) but a feminine shape. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He was a bit swarthier, and he stared back at her before giving her a small smile. ❋ Starr Ambrose (2010)

For those of you who have a preference for the swarthier sex, here is a small consolation: You're not alone, and your situation is improving. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Olive skin is usually used to describe the colour of the swarthier Italians, Spaniards, Greeks, Turks, and Arabs, no? ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

The image was so murky that (to Villaraigosa's team, at least) it seemed an intentional effort to make the Mexican-American swarthier, to evoke (as they saw it) nebulous yet potent fears of dusky drug-addled immigrants menacing civilized society. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Also, is it my imagination, or does Lott look “swarthier” than usual? ❋ Unknown (2006)

I always imagine Mr Frog to look like a swarthier version of Richard Hammond the short one from Top Gear, am I anywhere near? ❋ Unknown (2005)

His companion was bigger and swarthier, possibly bringing their combined weight up to a Fulci and a quarter, or a Fulci and a half if Tony was abusing his diet pills. ❋ John Connolly (2005)

At an unsheltered bus stop he waited among a small troop of Lanzhou citizens, the men a swarthier, more inured variety of Mao-jacketed laborers, and several uniformed and severe-looking office women who held white handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses to filter the smoggy air. ❋ John Dalton (2004)

McAteer was the swarthier of the two: thick eyebrows, almost meeting in the middle, unruly black hair, face needing a shave. ❋ Rankin, Ian (2004)

And as not merely was she wearing a fair wig, but every atom of a swarthier complexion had been discharged from her flesh which, stripped of its veil of brownness, seemed more naked, covered simply in rays of light shed by an internal sun, this ‘make-up’ was not just superficial but was incarnate in her; Gilberte had the appearance of embodying some fabulous animal or of having assumed a mythological disguise. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Because Bonnie liked to ride on the front of his saddle, he stayed out of doors more and the sunburn began to creep across his dark face, making him swarthier than ever. ❋ Margaret Mitchell (1996)