had bronzed
- past perfect of bronze.
Example Sentences
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It looked like someone had bronzed a giant’s hip wader as though it were a baby shoe.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 29, 2017
Well, the thunderbolts of numberless disasters, the pressure of terrible necessities, had bronzed Contenson's head, as though sweating in an oven had three times over stained his skin.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de
"I cannot give him the aspect of an ascetic; his eyes, his smile are too sweet; the desert sun had bronzed him, his features must have been harsher."
From Peasant Tales of Russia by Nemirovitch-Dantchenko, V.I.
The constant work on the French front had bronzed him and made him leaner and harder than when he left his home in America.
From The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by Driscoll, James R. [pseud.]
If the hot winds had bronzed their skin, six months more of the adventurous life to which they were accustomed left no trace upon their sunburnt features.
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
