Sentence examples for looking washed out from inspiring English sources

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If you are worried about him looking washed out, he could wear it with a coloured shirt and a tonal tie, or lightweight knitwear or polo shirt - all are available in great colours this summer.

As is the case with almost all lighter colours, they are instantly more flattering with a hint of a tan but as a general rule don't pick clothing in the same shade or any lighter than your own skin-tone to avoid looking washed out or worse, naked.

You never want your skin tone to match you hair color, so prevent looking washed out by doing lowlights when necessary.

So it ends up looking washed out.

Because Jessica's skin is so fair, the HuffPost BlackVoices editorial fellow can easily run the risk of looking washed out if she doesn't wear any blush or clownish if she picks something too bright.

Becky Bain from Idolator stated that the appearance of Toby the Tarantula was "somehow nowhere near as disconcerting as the image of Sky, looking washed out with platinum hair against a white background, crazily painting her face with a tube of red lipstick".

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Evelyn 'nearly 77' Bradford on Avon: Use makeup, or you look washed out and old.

At that point Rafter still looked washed out in his Wimbledon whites.

The good weather provides an opportunity to wear the festival fashion looks washed out by a stormy Glastonbury last month.

Instagram, of course, is one of several apps that let you take pictures with your iPhone, apply filters to make them look washed out or ratty, and then send them to your friends.

He posited these outcomes: A wrong size — ("So you think I look this big?" or "So you want me to look this small?"); an ill-suited color ("This makes me look washed out"); or an unfashionable fashion ("This is for an older woman").

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