sunburned

Example Sentences

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He’d minnowed through sunburned madmen on winding Alpine passes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

You should not put petroleum jelly or ice on sunburned skin.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

This is why you struggle to get sunburned at sunrise and sunset.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

A group of older sunburned guys, arms overloaded with coolers and fishing gear, jogged awkwardly toward a party fishing boat that appeared to be on the verge of pulling out for the night.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024

The barefoot, sunburned, thin and grinning army, joyful, unbeatable, already immortal.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara