tan

Example Sentences

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Elizabeth Smart lit up the internet last month after posting a picture of herself in a tiny midnight-blue bikini with a full-body spray tan, blonde hair extensions and a seriously ripped physique.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Under-18s are already barred from using sunbeds, but teenagers can sometimes dodge the rules by using contactless payment systems that let you tap and tan without any checks by a staff member, warns the government.

From BBC • 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

It’s like someone squeezed all the extra water out of her, and now she's small and thin and so tan.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman