sunbathe
verb (used without object)
to take a sunbath.
were 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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On the afternoon last month that I visited, 1,425 seals were sunbathing, diving and wrestling in the park, one of their major breeding grounds along the California coast.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
“I honestly thought they were sunbathing for the longest time until I learned what it was,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The men, who were sunbathing on a beach south of Sydney, were found after they called for assistance.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2021
We walked farther out onto the beach, where people were sunbathing and drinking ti punch, and saw a barricaded sand dune that contained an active archaeological site.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2018
When she left her apartment complex, she said, several of her friends were sunbathing.
From Time Magazine Archive
