- present participle of bask.
basking
Example Sentences
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The season is in its infancy but Kane isn't basking in the success of the past 12 months.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Infantino had been basking in the warm afterglow of a highly successful World Cup -- the largest ever with 48 teams and co-hosted by three countries, Canada, Mexico and the US.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Just as Ohio State was basking in this groundbreaking partnership, news arrived that fancypants Notre Dame was getting an even more lucrative deal with the financial services platform SoFi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
This group includes familiar species such as the great white shark, basking shark, and mako shark.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Ser Jorah dreams of rescuing his dragon queen and basking in her gratitude, but I know a thing or two about the gratitude of kmgs, and I’d sooner have a palace in Valyria.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
