Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
sunburnt . - Dried by the heat of the sun: as, sunburned bricks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
sunburn , usually in color. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sunburn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight
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Examples
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Her skin was the color and texture of well-used leather, recalling the sunburned lives of her Navajo ancestors.
In Alien Hands Shatner, William 1997
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The beach bunch is sunburned, a sand shopworn, hot, as well as full of waste -- no place for upon foot barefoot.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Photos released by the Mexican navy showed several sunburned fishermen in T-shirts and Bermudas waiting to get on a bus.
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I returned to Lahore five weeks later, shell-shocked, hungry for company, but hardened, sunburned, and at least now aware of the scale of the problem.
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Whether it's an over-the-counter body scrub or microdermabrasian kit, he recommends limiting the process to once a week and never exfoliating sunburned skin.
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The beach bunch is sunburned, a sand shopworn, hot, as well as full of waste -- no place for upon foot barefoot.
The Original Generation X, 1954-63 by Joshua Glenn admin 2009
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With our slippery fingers still entwined, we made our way past a sunburned fisherman unhooking a sand shark — his fourth, judging by the pile in the middle of the pier — from his fishing rod.
Myrtle Beach Daze Julie Britt 2011
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The beach garland is sunburned, a silt shopworn, hot, as well as full of waste -- no place for upon foot barefoot.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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He clenches the bill of his baseball cap in his fat, sunburned fist.
Black Water Marcela Fuentes 2011
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The beach garland is sunburned, a silt shopworn, hot, as well as full of waste -- no place for upon foot barefoot.
The Original Generation X, 1954-63 by Joshua Glenn admin 2009
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