had been basking
- past perfect progressive of bask.
Example Sentences
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African artists had been basking in a global spotlight, but the pandemic slowed their momentum.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Up until the Santa Anita Handicap the redhead had been basking in the attention, boasting of his horse’s infallibility, and entertaining the reporters with his quick wit.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
I had not been five minutes looking at him, when I was as completely in the Mauritius, as if I had been basking in its golden sunshine, and imbibing the breeze from fair palms.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various
That pretty creature had been basking in the sunshine of Agias's presence ever since coming on shipboard.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
Some distance from the hollow, a tall, loosely-made youth rose unexpectedly from where he had been basking in the sun, by the side of a dyke which screened him from the cold wind.
From The Adventure League by Skae, Hilda T.
