Sunburnt
['sʌnbɜːnt] or ['sʌn,bɝnt]
Definition
(-) of Sunburn
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- He sat down, a little disconcerted by my presence, I thought, and without looking at me, drew his heavy sunburnt hand across and across his upper lip. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I judged from your sunburnt face that you might be. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His sinewy and powerful hands, as sunburnt as his face, have evidently been used to a pretty rough life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I had been afraid of his recognizing me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A sunburnt, quick, lithe, little man, though rather thickset. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The trooper looks sideways at Allan's sunburnt cheek and bright dark eye, rapidly measures his height and build, and seems to approve of him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was a small, wiry, sunburnt man, clean-shaven, with a sharp face and alert manner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Marilyn