Example Sentences

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While you were tanning or watching fireworks, it was a weekend of upheaval in certain corners of New York:

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2015

Wind and sun were tanning his skin to the hue of health.

From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre

By signs I managed to make out that they were tanning the skin, and watched the process with much interest.

From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts