Example Sentences

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Now, with a round of talks concluded in Islamabad and frantic negotiations underway to secure a second go, Pakistan is basking in its new role as a regional peacemaker, analysts say.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Leon-Tejeda, like many people on the frontier of America’s tech boom, is basking in newfound prosperity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

O'Neill, who since his return has been going around calling everybody "young man", is basking in the adulation of the Celtic fans.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

The telescope, with its fellow Maunakea resident the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, discovered that Earth is basking in light from excited molecules living quietly in interstellar space.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

It’s like everyone else is basking in this Rae of light that moves every time I try to step into it.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone