How to Use sun in a Sentence

sun

1 of 2 noun

• Try to keep out of the sun.
• The cat lay basking in the sun.
• The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
• The rain has stopped and the sun is shining.
• They dream of traveling to distant suns.
• The Cob Grilled Corn on the Cob was made for days in the sun.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 July 2023
• When aiming the tube, don’t look at the sun through the pinhole.
  — Daniel Johnson, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• Go outside with your shirt off, just chill in the sun and go back in.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2024
• The tinge of color in the sky is a bit brighter as the evening sun dipped back under the surface.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Dec. 2023
• As their bond strengthens, the children find the courage once again to feel the sun on their faces.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• During these months, the sun graces the skies daily, and the weather is very nice.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
• Icarus, who was in awe of the invention, flew too close to the sun and the wings melted.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
• The garden now has a new pergola to shield one from the sun.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 16 Aug. 2023
• Light Outside in the garden, herbs grow best in full sun.
  — Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2023
• The pain of looking at the sun is not instant and the same goes for symptoms of damage.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
• Your body also produces it when your skin is in the sun.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
• The sun’s out, your skin is glistening and the streets are calling your name.
  — Felice León, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
• The Seeing Stars line of books are all themed around the 12 different sun signs.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
• Friday will see more sun during the day with highs near 80.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2023
• Light will stream through the pinhole and project a crescent sun onto the white sheet of paper in the box.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
• The crowd kept getting bigger and bigger as the sun began to set.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• The sand seems a little softer, the ocean slightly more turquoise blue, and the sun shines just the smallest bit brighter.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
• The Southern Plains will have a mix of sun and clouds, with temperatures in the 60s.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Once your tulips pop up in the spring, take them outside into full sun.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 Apr. 2023
• The sun sparkling off the chalets and storefronts in the small town that tumbled down the mountainside before us.
  — Devin Friedman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
• Times of clouds and sun with a couple of heavy thunderstorms.
  — The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2023
• Clouds and sun with showers around, warm; breezy in the afternoon.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
• That allows golfers at least to practice after the sun sets.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• As the sun sets, divers return touting hundred-pound bags full of the day’s catch on their backs.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2024
• Your cat will love basking in the sun and watching the world go by from this comfy perch.
  — Kristi Arnold, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023

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sun

2 of 2 verb

• People sunned themselves on the hillside.
• This white sand beach is a great place to swim and sun on repeat.
  — Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 16 May 2022
• Wednesday will be chilly with a mix of clouds and sun with highs in the lower 50s.
  — Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
• Working from sun up to sun down—and sometimes through the night—to make ends meet.
  — Toni Carey, SELF, 22 Oct. 2019
• Metal keeper slots will help to keep sweat and sun out of his eyes.
  — Jean Chen Smith, The Enquirer, 15 May 2021
• After 7 days of non stop searching from sun up to sun down, Ryan was found.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• In the absence of trees the anoles had been using boulders to sun themselves and to display in search of mates.
  — Geoffrey Giller, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2018
• From the old trolley bed, the trails wrap around a pair of ponds where frogs sing and turtles sun themselves on rocks and logs.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Not much of a homebody, he is well known on the city’s north side for sunning himself on the deck of benches along the Monon Trail.
  — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2020
• Sitting and sunning by the 14th floor pool puts you steps away from the poolside cafe Bella’s Rooftop Bar.
  — Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
• Iguanas sun themselves in the mangroves along the banks of the water; blue herons stretch their wings and call out their version of a song.
  — Sheila Marikar, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2021
• Cooler with intervals of clouds and sun with a 20% chance of showers.
  — Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2021
• Its new line of outdoor rugs look great on any patio and will hardly sun.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022
• They sun-dry fresh grapes and candy strips of fragrant citrus zest.
  — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021
• Top down, sun on your face and wind in your hair makes the cockpit of this new M Convertible a lovely place to be.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 8 June 2022
• On Tuesday there will be a mixture of clouds and sun with high temperatures in the mid 60s.
  — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
• There is nothing like riding a bike in the desert, sun shining down on you, with open spaces as far as the eye can see.
  — Samantha Leal, Marie Claire, 20 Apr. 2017
• An emu holds lemonade, a koala rides a bike, and a crocodile suns himself.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2018
• Here are 11 of the best beaches in Portugal for surfing, sunning, and more.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023
• Others slowly emerged from the water to sun themselves.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2019
• The camera is often fixed as people stroll or jog or play games, dine at cafes, swim and sun themselves, ice-skate and sled.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
• For years, the end of the line was marked by several large buoys, where sea lions often climbed aboard and sunned themselves in the day and barked loudly through the night.
  — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• At his side was a scrappy mutt named Oreo, who scurried among the onlookers and barked at the lions and tigers sunning in their cages.
  — Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2020
• Dark mode now has settings for a user-set schedule or syncing with sundown and sun up.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2020
• Rykken said it's become common to see turtles climb onto the structure to sun themselves.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2021
• The Mara River runs through the reserve, providing a place for hippos to splash and crocodiles to sun themselves.
  — Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2020
• On a recent weekday afternoon a couple dozen people had come out to swim and sun on the park’s beaches.
  — al, 3 July 2020
• On Saturday, high pressure will bring a mixture of clouds and sun with high temperatures in the 80s.
  — courant.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• With the blistering Alabama sun beaming down on them, the crowd at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge was growing restless.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
• In a day, most will stay in their shanties for as long as they're allowed to spearfish—sun up until 1 p.m.— and then head off to socialize and celebrate into the evening.
  — Amanda Ogle, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 7 May 2024