Read full poem →Oft o'er his back a crooked scythe is laid,
And wreaths of hay his sunburnt temples shade:
Oft in his harden'd hand a goad he bears,
Dictionary Entry
(of human skin) Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays.
Origin
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Common Phrases
face sunburnt. sunburntfaces sunburntskin sunburntcheeks sunburntwest sunburntsunburnt get
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Poetry examples for “sunburnt”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And here a sailor's jacket hangs to dry.
At every door are sunburnt matrons seen,
Mending old nets to catch the scaly fry;
Read full poem →Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Read full poem →Blend, ripen race on race,
The sunburnt world a man shall breed
Of all the zones, and countless days.
Read full poem →carrying a rifle on your shoulder,
With well-gristled body and sunburnt face and hands, with a knife in
the belt at your side,
Read full poem →That we may learn to bear the beams of love
And these black bodies and this sunburnt face
Is but a cloud, and like a shady grove.