Example Sentences

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Even so, public health experts say tanning remains a persistent problem, especially among white teenage girls, a full third of whom say they have tanned indoors, more than the share who smoke cigarettes.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2015

From Fielding to C. P. Snow, British novelists have tanned, stuffed and labeled the leathery hide of reality.

From Time Magazine Archive

A book-agent might be expected to have tanned cheeks, his occupation not being a sedentary one.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

I would have liked to have spun the wool for my own clothes, and have tanned the leather for my own boots.

From The Quest of the Simple Life by Dawson, William J.

Tomorrow I shall discard them for leopard-skins which I have tanned and sewn into a garment strong and warm.

From The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice