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sunned

  • past participle of sun.
  • past tense form of sun.

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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