Example Sentences

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He was disguised behind a face mask and hat and had created a fake ID in which he had tanned his skin and wore a black wig with a false beard and moustache.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024

Ms. Ginn’s gown was made of rat pelts, 300 of them, that she had tanned and sewn together.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2012

Laws limiting access to tanning did not significantly affect whether the girls had tanned.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2011

A week at sea had tanned the President as brown as seaweed and wiped the wrinkles of fatigue from his face.

From Time Magazine Archive

The one time we took it down, there was a pale square behind it, as though the sun had tanned the wall around the painting.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson