Example Sentences
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Backstage at the Blue Note jazz club, Wyclef Jean spreads out on a couch with the air of a sunned cat, his temperament dialed warm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 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
What were these captains of capitalism up to a couple of years ago as they sipped rum punches and sunned their backsides?
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2019
Below it, in a deep pit, alligators sunned themselves on rocks surrounding a pond.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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