Example Sentences

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"When they're sitting in this bat guano slushie, we think the highly basic pH water is tanning their skin."

From National Geographic • Jan. 30, 2018

A universal industry throughout Russia is tanning, and Russia leather, with its fragrant birch-oil odour, is a highly prized commodity the world over.

From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour

One of the industries that needs to be established in many parts of the State is tanning.

From Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis