Example Sentences

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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

Perched on a pylon, a pelican sunned its wings.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 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

Below it, in a deep pit, alligators sunned themselves on rocks surrounding a pond.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls