Basking

Word BASKING
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Definitions and meanings of "Basking"

What do we mean by basking?

To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.

To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (This verb is usually followed by "in").

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The word "basking" in example sentences

Twenty-one years later, as a well-known world figure, Mr. Samaranch returned to Moscow to finish his term basking in the unprecedented popularity and riches of the games but still bearing the scars of the scandal that led to the ouster of 10 IOC members for receiving improper benefits from the 2002 Salt Lake bid committee. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our source, the Green Iguana Society, recommends a cage of about 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 6 feet tall, with a heat source (called a basking light). ❋ Unknown (2010)

There's another shark that's considerably larger than the white shark called the basking shark, and that gets to be about 40 feet long. ❋ Unknown (2001)

And then, you know, going to the White House correspondents dinner in a way sort of -- Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame kind of basking in the limelight once this all came out. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"schools" of whales, "basking" -- as the whalers term it -- at intervals, ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

It was reported in that year that there was a large quantity of trouts in the beck; and I went at the recommendation of those who had seen a particularly large one (when passing by) "basking" in the streams. ❋ Various (N/A)

Directed by American film maker Robert J. Flaherty, the film showcases a classic battle of wits between man and the elements of nature, such as basking sharks ❋ Unknown (2009)

"basking" in the late afternoon sun on April 18, 1985 when a municpal truck with a load of tree branches suddenly appeared. ❋ Unknown (1996)

There is, however, nothing like basking in the Mexican sun while reading weather reports from NOB. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As Hermès and B&B were basking in mutual glory, the much smaller Italian boutique firm of Sawaya & Moroni were literally pushing people away from Zaha Hadid's polished aluminium Z-Chair. ❋ Helen Kirwan-Taylor (2011)

Which wasn't easy, since they're usually partially buried in the mud when they're not "basking," in other words tanning, which none of them were. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

Milan tried her best to feel my pain, but she was basking in the joy of her reconciliation. ❋ Shamara Ray (2011)

I banish pre-accident me from my mind and insist instead on basking in the glory of this moment. ❋ Lisa Genova (2011)

(Yes, those places get chilly in winter when we are basking in the sun in Maz.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

Salmond will return refreshed from his holiday in some north-east shanty village during which time his natural reserve and reticence will not have prevented him basking in the glory of being master of all he surveys in Scotland. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But a passel of TV chatters and newspaper columnists and guys are accustomed to basking in the glow offered by people doing real reporting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The painting is on loan from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and it's absolutely worth burning a little bit of your gasoline traveling to see the Lady while she's sitting by the window, basking in a cool pearly light, dreaming beautiful thoughts... ❋ Edward Goldman (2011)

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