Example Sentences

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A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

She settled on a grassy knoll, sunned herself and took a nap.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

On a recent afternoon, two tourists — cousins from Sao Paulo — sunned on a wooden pier after bathing in the Rio Negro.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021

At the Charlestown ferry slip he washed in the cold sea water, and because the sun was warm sunned himself as he did what he could to make his shabby clothes presentable.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes