sunbaked

Example Sentences

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A decade ago, it was a sunbaked parking lot.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

As Dr. Sreyleak Luch drove to work the morning of Feb. 8, through busy sunbaked streets in Cambodia’s Mekong river delta, she played the overnight voice messages from her team.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

There was a time when “summer books” meant popcorn reads you consumed in a sunbaked afternoon — disposable books devoured and left behind for the next hotel room guest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Owing to the thick canopy and the remarkable ability of trees to absorb heat, food forests are refreshingly climate-controlled places to farm, compared to sunbaked plantations.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023

Weeds had grown up tall around the house’s pale sunbaked stones.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye