Sometimes in the afternoon outside the window of her room, the head of a man appeared, a swarthy head with black whiskers, smiling slowly, with a broad, gentle smile that showed his white teeth.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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We passed houses which I knew well by daylight but couldn't recollect in the swarthy gloom.
Maya Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
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Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but Francois was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
Jack London. The Call of the Wild (1903)
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The swarthy little man shrugged.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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He was a broadshouldered loose-limbed swarthy fellow of great strength, never in a hurry, and always slouching.