sunbathe
verb (used without object)
to take a sunbath.
was sunbathing
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past progressiveof sunbathe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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According to court records, Rebecca Wendt, 24, was sunbathing at her Panama City apartment complex on March 31, 1986.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Maradona never forgave him and later wrote: "In '86 we were breaking our souls while he was sunbathing in Acapulco."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2022
“We had a rough idea, but the guy who was supposed to have left hasn’t left, has he?” said Phil Denton from Southampton, who was sunbathing shirtless outside the airport.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2017
The last incident came when she was sunbathing by the pool.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2015
Mother was sunbathing on a towel which had red and purple stripes and she was reading a book by Georgette Heyer called The Masqueraders.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
