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• He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.From the entry pay
• You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream.From the entry cream
• The van was painted a sunburnt brown.From the entry sunburnt
• He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.From the entry ragtag
• The children came home from the beach pinkishly sunburned.From the entry pinkishly
• A large handkerchief covering her head was knotted below her chin, encircling her sunburned and wrinkled face.2017 December 17, Kee B. Park, “Amid Talk of Nuclear Weapons, North Koreans Go Hungry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry weed
• Sunburned too — they forgot that North Rim is nearly eight thousand feet above sea level.2011, Edward Abbey, Hayduke Lives!. From the entry bareass
• Risk factors for the development of actinic keratosis include ease of sunburning and cumulative sun exposure (30).2001, Steven M. Ruhoy, Alan R. Silverman, “26: Pathology of Selected Skin Lesions of the Head and Neck: II: Actinic Keratosis”, in Leon…. From the entry actinic keratosis
• His face was sunburned bright red, and the skin of his ears was peeling.2000, Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, New York: Random House, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 168. From the entry sunburnt
• Sunburns can trigger other diseases such as pustular psoriasis, porphyria or herpes simplex, that are not helioses.1999, Philip C. Anderson, Kristin S. Malaker, Managing Skin Diseases, page 265. From the entry helioses
• "And I don't have to worry about ultraviolet rays giving me sunburn or skin cancer.1995 May 23, Weekly World News, volume 16, number 34, page 11. From the entry moonbathe
• Other circumstances, such as sunburn, travel, or emotional crisis, can also aggravate fluid retention and "PMT".1978, Barbara Seaman, Gideon Seaman, Women and the crisis in sex hormones. From the entry PMT
• They stopped singing and watched three sunburnt faces appear, followed by three T-shirted chests, and six chinoed legs.1981, Lisa Alther, Original Sins, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 289. From the entry chinoed
• Other experiences included desert heat, mountain snow-storms, rain and hail, mosquito bites, sunburn, snowbum, waterbum, sea-sickness, and bus and boat breakdowns.1956, Iowa Academy of Science, The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, page 232. From the entry snowburn
• No hat?' he asked divertingly, looking at her sunburnt face.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry divertingly
• The sunburn of my face, what little of it could be seen through a scraggly growth of beard, had faded to a sickly yellow.1913 August, Jack London, chapter XXXI, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 280. From the entry scraggly
• Suleiman's people, many of whom could barely stomach the sight of the ferenghis, with their sunburnt faces and arrogant bearing, their heavy chain hauberks and their long swords.2006, Jack Whyte, Knights of the Black and White. From the entry ferenghi
• Changing shields is a quick and toolless job on most helmets these days, and switching can help make you safer while reducing the risk of sunburn.2002 August, American Motorcyclist, page 41. From the entry toolless
• The nature of this gas enables it to absorb the majority of the sun's ultraviolet rays, thus saving the human race from the granddaddy of all sunburns.1957 December, All Hands, numbers 480-491, page 24. From the entry granddaddy
• He said to Effie Perine: “Yes, sweetheart?” She was a lanky sunburned girl whose tan dress of thin woolen stuff clung to her with an effect of dampness.1930, Dashiell Hammet, The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 3. From the entry Effie
• Then there is a second inburst of sunburnt sickle-men or reapers, as if in harvest-time; and the nymphs and the reapers join in a graceful dance.1914, David Masson, Rosaline Masson, Shakespeare Personally, page 188. From the entry inburst
• The tan of his sunburnt face and hands contrasted sadly with the sallowing skin of the girl-wife, who, despite his care, was sinking under her task of son-bearing.1912, Flora Annie Steel, King-Errant, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, Book 2, Chapter 6, p. 212. From the entry sallow
• He smiled, remembering the morning when Esteban and Gregorio, two of his darkest-eyed, blackest-haired and most sunburnt men, had come to him with a daring plan that he’d immediately sanctioned.2017, Graham Hancock, “Friday 27 May 1520–Saturday 28 May 1520”, in Night of Sorrows (War God; 3), London: Coronet, →ISBN, page 293. From the entry black-haired

Meaning of sunburn

1. noun A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
2. noun A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
3. noun Suntan.

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Questions about sunburn in a sentence

How do you use sunburn in a sentence?

Sunburn is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.”

What is a short sentence with sunburn?

“I had sunburnt my eyes.”

What does sunburn mean?

Sunburn means a burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.