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  • There was an ashen pallor to his skin beneath its burnt-in tan.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • There was an ashen pallor to his skin beneath its burnt-in tan.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • There was a beautifully made spoon with a burnt-in pattern on one of these places when I left

    Travels in West Africa 2003

  • A hundred feet up the trail was another sign, this one resembling the signs in national forests, yellow burnt-in letters on brown-painted boards: 'Welcome.

    The Night Crew Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23- 1997

  • It said that my deed was as a mark on me, a burnt-in mark such as Abel put on his sheep, that no man should slay me.

    Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw 1903

  • The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • The day had recovered somewhat from a grey morning, as though the glow of that long hot summer were too burnt-in on the air to yield to the first assault.

    The Patrician John Galsworthy 1900

  • Face long and narrow, bronzed with a kind of pale burnt-in brownness; a good forehead.

    Villa Rubein, and other stories John Galsworthy 1900

  • Face long and narrow, bronzed with a kind of pale burnt-in brownness; a good forehead.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • There was a beautifully made spoon with a burnt-in pattern on one of these places when I left

    Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881

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