sunstruck
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sunstruck
Example Sentences
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“Overnight lows will be the big story of the next night,” he added, as higher nighttime temperatures won’t allow the habitual cooling for sunstruck homes without air conditioning.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
All of these are arrayed in the flat, sunstruck emptiness of Idaho and seem to operate on their own, without a person in sight until the very end.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2021
His gray eyes aimed skyward, in the direction of wispy clouds and sunstruck palms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2019
A bookseller shuts up his shop and flees the city, but in his sunstruck confusion forgets a map.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2018
There was no escaping the army, especially not for Sarai, since her room gave onto the sunstruck silver-blue palm of the seraph.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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