sunbathe
Americanverb (used without object)
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sunbathes,
present (3rd person singular)
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sunbathed,
past participle, past
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sunbathing
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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sunbathesimple
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sunbathessimple
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have sunbathedperfect
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has sunbathedperfect
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am sunbathingprogressive
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are sunbathingprogressive
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is sunbathingprogressive
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have been sunbathingperfect progressive
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has been sunbathingperfect progressive
Past
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sunbathedsimple
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had sunbathedperfect
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was sunbathingprogressive
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were sunbathingprogressive
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had been sunbathingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of sunbathe
Example Sentences
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Seals swam by, one hauling itself up to sunbathe on a fishing boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
While at the event, beachgoers are welcome to swim, build sand castles and sunbathe.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
A man who takes his snakes to sunbathe in his local park has sparked an online debate about what animals are - and are not - acceptable in public spaces.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 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
A yard in back where she could sunbathe; a basketball hoop just above the garage door for Brian.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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
As the moon orbits our planet, we see different parts of its sunbathed Earth-facing hemisphere, which creates the moon’s familiar phases.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 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
Oura’s new ad campaign depicts human hands not just running or sleeping with the brand’s smart ring but waiting for the subway, sunbathing and getting an ultrasound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
My mother chose a picture of Pweto sunbathing as her cell phone wallpaper.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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