bask
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
Origin of bask
Related Words for basking
lounge, relax, laze, loll, sunbathe, savor, revel, relish, indulge, sun, enjoy, wallow, welter, rollick, luxuriateExamples from the Web for basking
Contemporary Examples of basking
Not coincidentally, his weekly is basking in the spotlight—and racking up huge sales—while performing this “service.”
But the separatists continue to think they are basking in the glory of their accomplishment.
Lewis was enormously pleased with himself, basking in the attention from the New York media.
Taken all together, Election Day has progressives “basking in the glow,” as Ellison puts it.
Occasionally, Axwell raises his hands high in the air like an electro conductor, basking in his power over the crowd.
Historical Examples of basking
To be with Evelyn was like basking in the sunshine of some happy sky!
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
He was basking in the frankly admiring gaze of Miss Knowles.
Out of the DepthsRobert Ames Bennet
We meet them in the shade of the woods, and have to pass them basking on the sea-shore.
The Hour and the ManHarriet Martineau
And I resented his basking thus openly in the fires of martyrdom.
The Prairie MotherArthur Stringer
Also, a name in the south for the basking shark, from its habit of lying in the sunshine.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth