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Meanings of sun-tanned in English

Having skin darkened by exposure to sunlight.

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        Examples for "tanned"
        Examples for "tanned"
        1
        Grey; and the face, tanned even in the shaven jaws, was careworn.
        The Grey Cloak
        2
        His body was too large for the space: too tanned, too assertive.
        Complete Books of Blood
        3
        Her blue eyes looked faded in the setting of her tanned complexion.
        In Exile, and Other Stories
        4
        He stood stretching his body in a long tanned line of flesh.
        A kiss of shadows
        5
        The hide was tanned, and the leather furnished shoes for the family.
        Thrift
        1
        The far end of the room looked bronzed in the surrounding gloom.
        Death du Jour
        2
        The black eyes in the bronzed face looked into futurity and infinity.
        The Rulers of the Lakes: A Story of George and Champlain
        3
        Red sumac and bronzed beech-trees waved their flags at them in vain.
        Understood Betsy
        4
        The models wore glossy ponytails; makeup emphasised bronzed cheekbones and strong eyebrows.
        The Guardian
        5
        He found something in the bronzed, rugged face that was unusually sardonic.
        The Snare
        Usage of sun-tanned in English
        1
        Napoleon, age 9, sun-tanned, leaps out of bed, rubbing his arms and shivering.
        Napoleon
        2
        It had left a great weal on the healthy sun-tanned skin.
        My Brilliant Career
        3
        We dropped down beside him and took a look at the sun-tanned face.
        The White Waterfall
        4
        Harrington rose, and his sun-tanned face flushed as he drew out his cheque-book.
        In the Far North / 1901
        5
        Grim's skin had been sun-tanned in the Arab campaign under Lawrence against the Turks.
        Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
        6
        In certain lights Miette's sun-tanned face showed yellow like amber.
        The Fortune of the Rougons
        7
        They were a sun-tanned, philosophical lot, who sometimes shot reflectively at the blue pickets.
        The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
        8
        She watched them, hatless and sun-tanned, come nearer and nearer.
        Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
        9
        His bald scalp was white, a contrast to the sun-tanned skin of his face.
        Bones of the Dragon
        10
        You could read the disappointment in their sun-tanned faces.
        The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
        11
        The arms held her closely and the sun-tanned cheek rested upon her dark, silky hair.
        Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
        12
        Her sun-tanned cheek and neck were soft and rounded.
        An Apache Princess: A Tale of the Indian Frontier
        13
        Placing his big, sun-tanned hand on that of the old man, he said somewhat nervously,-
        Edward Barry / South Sea Pearler
        14
        White and perfect, particularly set against the sun-tanned face.
        The Princess Bride
        15
        He was a private in the ranks, clean and sober, his face rugged, strong and sun-tanned.
        The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
        16
        Blood fetched a sigh, and the ghost of a smile played over his lean, sun-tanned face.
        Captain Blood
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        Sun-tanned through the time