Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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He had sunned himself on the pier that juts out into the brackish waters of Winyah Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had sunned myself in the society of Rosetta Rosa for an hour, and I felt soothed.
From The Ghost A Modern Fantasy by Arnold Bennett
Heart-whole, he had often chattered like that, and Jessie had sunned herself and responded to those silly things; but now she knew, as well as he, that the babble was no more than blown sea-foam.
From Across the Stream by Edward Frederic Benson
For the whole of that year, Traill had sunned himself in the warm delight of her simplicity.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston
With the first frosts, the butterflies, who had sunned themselves in the new light through the summer, took flight, leaving the few bees to see what honey they had stored for winter use.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott
