Примеры употребления для -complexioned
1. The report cited a 2006 study of dark–complexioned adoptees in white homes, which found that "for many children . . . a white skin color was so desirable that they rubbed themselves with white body lotion, cream or white chalk, or, alternatively, tried to wipe off the brown color." Dark–complexioned children adopted from outside the United States were often similarly troubled.
2. Such was the nervousness in London on Friday that, at 10 a.m., a dark–complexioned man was shot dead on a train at Stockwell Tube station in south London.
3. Simmons‘ history would have shown that he was not just an occasional thief, but was an experienced criminal." Callahan also cited testimony from three women who were at the gas station and said Ball‘s killer was a light– or medium–complexioned black man.
4. As they sat down together in Mr Monti‘s private conference room, the contrast between the Italian and the American could hardly have been greater: Mr Monti, an ascetic man who spoke with professorial precision and never departed from his written brief, faced Mr Ballmer, a ruddy–complexioned, beefy–handed extrovert known for having the loudest voice in any room he occupied and possessor of an enthusiasm and self–belief that tended to drive all before it.
5. Because the law forbids discussion of race during the adoption process, it prevents social workers from preparing white parents for the challenge of raising black children in a largely white environment, said the report, titled "Finding Families for African American Children: The Role of Race and Law in Adoption From Foster Care." It cited studies showing that dark–complexioned children in white homes tend to struggle with identity issues related to skin color, self–esteem and discrimination that their new parents are often not equipped to handle.