1790 R. Tully Let. 26 Apr. in (1816) 219 With glasses we have seen the caravan at so great a distance, that they appeared at first sight, on these sun bleached deserts, like a crooked line from the stroke of a pencil.
1835 J. E. Alexander xi. 267 Peasants with long and sun-bleached hair floating about their shoulders..stood behind fruit and vegetable baskets.
1979 5 Aug. a10/3 The approaching slick has not hurt business at the long strip of sun-bleached sand.
2012 Mar. 21/1 Flirty fabrics in pale, dolly mixture shades evoked a certain faded, sun-bleached quality.