have been sunning

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of sun.
  sun

  noun

  the star that is the central body of the earth's solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 25 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.

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have been sunning

Armstrong could, by now, already have been sunning himself on that beach he has been talking about.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2010

Instead, brokers and investors have been sunning themselves on beaches, and hopes for a summer rally have finally disappeared in the past two weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

And since that, I fancy"—replied the other laughing, "You have been sunning yourself in the bright smiles of the fair Julia.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Henry William Herbert

Related Words

• star
• sunlight