| 1. | Behold this swarthy face, these gray eyes. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | Shows Julia but a swarthy Ethiope. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | He stood for a long time lost in thought, and at last a curdling smile lit up his swarthy face. - from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie |
| 4. | He was a broadshouldered loose-limbed swarthy fellow of great strength, never in a hurry, and always slouching. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy but Francois was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy. - from The Call of the Wild by Jack London |
| 6. | A tall wizen-faced man, with a stiff grizzled moustache and swarthy skin, who was passing out with his partner, sai. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 7. | The mender of roads, blue cap in hand, wiped his swarthy forehead with it, and said, "Where shall I commence, monsieur. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 8. | His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly he looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 9. | A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |