photo-ageing

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noun

premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight

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Derived forms of photo-ageing

photo-aged, adjective

Words nearby photo-ageing

Photius, photo, photoactinic, photoactivation, photoactive, photo-ageing, photoaging, photoallergic, photoanalyst, photoautotroph, photoautotrophic

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How to use photo-ageing in a sentence

In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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Most people, however, understood the significance of the photo immediately-- especially those who share my skin.
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The Oscar-winning actress put nude photo thieves in their place with one perfect statement.
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A sepia photo shows him as a young boy, head in his hands, with a large book open at a bar table.
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Overnight on a New York City street, two artists might be creating their latest photo set, made entirely from discarded items.
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Hilda's assumption that the ageing woman had telegraphed for her on inadequate grounds had proved to be quite wrong.
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There was in it the indefinable hardening and ageing which seemed to Boyson to have affected the whole personality.
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I will go over and get the fullest particulars, find his grave, have it carefully marked, and send you a photo.
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His ‘photo’ one plain fact discloses He brought in fashion Roman noses.
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On the left, Zonnebeke Pond, the ruined chteau, and the remains of a gasometer come into sight (photo below).
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