Basked
[bæskt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Bask
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Examples
- The city basked under the noon-day sun, and the venerable walls formed its picturesque boundary. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He fell down prostrate and basked in him as a Neapolitan beggar does in the sun. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I stayed longer in the room than usual; I could not bear to be out of her presence; I returned to it, and basked in it, like Tartar in the sun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- During that memorable month I basked in the happiness of being for once in my life drifting with the tide of a great popular movement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His people basked in the light of his countenance--it was so red and glowing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He slept a good deal after dinner, or basked in the arbours of the pleasant inn-gardens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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