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sunbathe

[suhn-beyth] / ˈsʌnˌbeɪð /


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Visitors can sunbathe on the sandy shores, dance to R&B music, eat barbecue and enjoy restaurants along the beach’s strip.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2023

At the time, two years before civil war erupted, their country was mainly known as a tourist attraction where visitors came to party, visit archaeological sites, ski on snow-capped mountains or sunbathe on sandy beaches.

From Washington Times Apr. 10, 2023

Most tourists come to Malawi to go on safaris among bulbous baobabs in Liwonde National Park or sunbathe on the sparkling yellow beaches of Lake Malawi, which stretches for two-thirds of the country’s length.

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2022

The walrus, nicknamed Freya, rose to fame after clambering on to boats to sunbathe - sometimes sinking them.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2022

That beach is filthy now, but back then people used to go swimming there and sunbathe on the sand.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Across the room, a Wassily-style chair sunbathes in the corner, with a handmade burgundy leather base and back, studs running along the seams.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2024

Invested in believing that she’s happy, and that her marriage is, too, Alice looks after Holly, sunbathes in the yard of their modest house and indulges in best-selling paperbacks.

From New York Times Apr. 25, 2023

A woman sunbathes in front of the city of London financial district in London, Britain, May 18, 2022.

From Reuters Jun. 10, 2022

The only one I ever see around is their bored teenager who sunbathes all the time.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2016

Then it sleeps, eats, and sunbathes until it’s ready to flower— a teenage plant.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Apparently, this sunbathed land was as popular with interlopers in prehistory as it is now, and Portugal still boasts a large share of archaeological evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

We hung out by this beautiful pool and we just sunbathed on the beach.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2024

People sunbathed on the reservoir's newly-exposed shore, where a few specks of grass have cropped up.

From Reuters Aug. 8, 2023

Gas from the sunbathed, sublimating ice also puffs intermingled dust away from the surface to form a distinctive, comet-trailing tail.

From Scientific American Jun. 26, 2023

She sunbathed endlessly, but her skin stayed the same copper-tinged shade, even as it became more and more dried out.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

Tsymbalenko is fatalistic about what would happen if an attack comes while she is sunbathing.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

His daughter, Gabriela, has 473,000 followers on an Instagram page that shows her surfing and sunbathing around Maui.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

"Melanoma is often associated with beaches and sunbathing, but our findings suggest that agricultural environments may also play a role," she said.

From Science Daily Nov. 16, 2025

Finally, the home features a stunning roof garden level that “crowns the mansion” and offers the perfect spot for sunbathing, gardening, or for hosting outdoor soirees in the summer.

From MarketWatch Oct. 24, 2025

No sunbathing, no singing, no lovers strolling the ramparts in the evenings—such rules are not written down, but they may as well be.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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