How to Use suntan in a Sentence

suntan

noun

• Bake until the sauce has taken on the glow of a suntan.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2020
• Raise your Bloody Mary in a salute to the bloody battle of the Bulge, and then continue to work on your suntan.
  — Herb Caen, SFChronicle.com, 23 May 2018
• Ah, the sweet smells of summer: freshly cut grass, barbeque on a grill, the beach and suntan lotion.
  — David Carrig, USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
• The woman is wearing a chic Eres bikini; the man's suntan is nut brown, like a '70s gigolo.
  — Kate Holstein, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2020
• In a city built on suntans and sports cars, the computing cohort look somewhat out of place.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 23 June 2017
• The rest are a lot more relaxed because school is almost out, the snow is melting and limbs are bared to begin working on suntans.
  — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2017
• Folsom is where people come to boat and ski or wakeboard, suntan on the beaches, float around, swim or paddle, and in winter, fish for bass or trout.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• The rippling panels join the clattery Cyclone, screaming teenagers, scent of suntan lotion and swarms of sea gulls picking at scraps of hot dog buns.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 28 June 2018
• But Yahoo Lifestyle pointed out that some people took issue with the young girl's suntan.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 12 July 2018
• Being furloughed is like being sentenced to live in a closet while being ordered to get a suntan.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 29 June 2020
• There were hand-delivered telegrams when something dreadful happened in Baltimore and a pay phone a few blocks away at the store that sold the suntan oil and beach chairs.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 30 June 2017
• The boy was 11 years old and had never seen a man in the middle of winter with a suntan and such straight teeth in his corner of the United States, the small towns baked into the impoverished hills of eastern Kentucky.
  — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
• But the return of pleasant weather this year could bring more than suntans as the deluges provided fertile ground for mosquitoes.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• The backyard oasis features an infinity pool with suntan deck, spa and an outdoor kitchen.
  — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 16 Dec. 2019
• The scent of suntan lotion is getting rudely pushed out by pumpkin spice fumes, the shadows of the trees will start leaning a little harder against the walls, and the buses will all fill with backpacks attached to half-awake people.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Now only traces of the original boardwalk remain from those days, but the smell of corn dogs or Coppertone suntan lotion can bring back memories of bumper-car rides or skee-ball games in cool arcades with gaudy neon lights.
  — Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 June 2017
• The discoloration that phytophotodermatitis leaves behind will fade in time, much like a suntan, says Dr. Shainhouse.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 18 Aug. 2018
• However, the afterglow of Biarritz might wear off quicker than the caramel suntan Macron brought back from his summer vacation as France returns from beach holidays to work and domestic issues come back to the fore.
  — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
• Fresh from a detox retreat in Turkey, her unapologetic suntan is intensified by antique turquoise jewelry and that bright, crooked smile.
  — Emma Elwick-Bates, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2022
• As part of its sponsorship, the hotel association provided mini suntan lotion bottles for delegates’ welcome bags.
  — Douglas Hanks, miamiherald, 23 June 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024