TAN in a Sentence
Learn TAN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
43 example sentences for TAN, such as:
1. These shoes are tan, not dark brown.
2. It took me all summer to get this tan.
3. Show off your tan in this little white top.
4. She smeared sun tan lotion all over herself.
5. She has a pale skin which doesn't tan easily.
2. It took me all summer to get this tan.
3. Show off your tan in this little white top.
4. She smeared sun tan lotion all over herself.
5. She has a pale skin which doesn't tan easily.
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Meanings and Examples of TAN
Definitions: Search Google Search M.Webster
tan
a. of a light yellowish-brown color
v. treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 He had so many hats, wide Panamas for summer, tall beavers for formal occasions, hunting hats, slouch hats of tan and black and blue.
2 I'll have to quit swearing or Grandma will sure tan my hide.
3 Carol gazed with a polite approximation to interest at Mr. Dashaway, a tan person with a wide mouth.
4 He drew the new hammerless shotgun out of its heavy tan leather case and made her peep through the barrels to see how dazzlingly free they were from rust.
5 He wore a silk shirt, a topaz scarf, thin tan shoes.
6 She fancied that a man with dinner-coat and waxed mustache glanced superciliously at Harry's highly form-fitting bright-brown suit and Juanita's tan silk frock, which was doubtful at the seams.
7 As he moved about the small rooms she realized that he had had his new tan shoes polished to a brassy luster.
8 The tan of the seashore had left her face, and her forehead was smooth, white, and polished beneath her heavy, yellow-brown hair.
9 Ye see, there's pints in all pies, Mas'r George; but tan't everybody knows what they is, or as orter be.
10 Besides, if she's got took in, 'tan't no go, neither.'
11 "No; I reckon 'tan't friend," said Phineas.'
12 They were tan boots and had never been varnished.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
13 Well, sir, when I came into this room yesterday, when the alarm was given, the very first thing I saw was Mr. Gilchrist's tan gloves a-lying in that chair.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
14 I'll lay for you, my smarty; and if I catch you about that school I'll tan you good.
15 Jordan's fingers, powdered white over their tan, rested for a moment in mine.
Example Sentence:
1 Show off your tan in this little white top.
2 These shoes are tan, not dark brown.
3 She has a pale skin which doesn't tan easily.
4 She smeared sun tan lotion all over herself.
5 We lie in the sunshine for hours, getting a tan.
6 What broke the medieval guilds was printing; some one could publish a treatise on how to tan leather.
7 Glass is almost perfectly opaque to deep ultraviolet, which is why it's hard to get a tan through a window.
8 Mike is such a beach bum. All he wants to do is getting a tan.
9 It took me all summer to get this tan.
10 Next to his tanned face, hers seemed pallid and unhealthy.
11 He took off his shirt to reveal his tanned torso.
12 A good tanner is a skilled laborer, and these Indians were not only expert makers of dressed leather, but they tanned skins and peltries with the hair or fur on.
13 It is general information for potential entrepreneurs wishing to start a beauty, esthetics or tanning salon, or a barber shop.