tan

Example Sentences

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No host other than Conan O’Brien got more mileage out of his pale complexion, like when Colbert boasted of a vacation tan that took his skin tone “from porcelain to poached chicken breast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In one of Glover’s favorite pictures, snapped by his wife, he is sitting at his desk in his tan desert flight suit, focused on graduate school work while holding one of his daughters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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

Zoey’s sitting cross-legged and barefoot on one of the tan lounge chairs by the wooden planter boxes.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner