sunstruck
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sunstruck
Example Sentences
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“Overnight lows will be the big story of the next night,” he added, as higher nighttime temperatures won’t allow the habitual cooling for sunstruck homes without air conditioning.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2022
His gray eyes aimed skyward, in the direction of wispy clouds and sunstruck palms.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2019
A bookseller shuts up his shop and flees the city, but in his sunstruck confusion forgets a map.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2018
It was the Monday morning after the United States Open and as the subway rumbled by and workers unstrung banners and logos, Wilson Bethel and Alex Mickiewicz faced each other across the sunstruck acrylic turf.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2017
There was no escaping the army, especially not for Sarai, since her room gave onto the sunstruck silver-blue palm of the seraph.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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