tan

Example Sentences

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Almodóvar is seated behind his desk, wearing a crisp white T-shirt under a tan chore coat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Sulfuric acid is used to produce phosphate fertilizers, leach copper and other metals from rock, pulp wood, pickle steel, tan leather and vulcanize rubber.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Sherman, wearing a tan pantsuit and dark-framed glasses, recounted what had happened the previous day.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

"I don't mean rainbow colors, but you know, dark browns or tan colors because that tells us something about the composition, and that tells us something about the history of the Moon."

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

There were solid black trunks and flimsy tan suitcases bound with thin rope and more laundry bags than she could count.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata