How to Use bask in a Sentence

bask

verb
  • We sat basking in the sun.
  • Tourists were basking on the beaches.
  • He stood before the audience, basking in their applause.
  • Markets are basking in the glow of a positive earnings season so far.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Brazilian pop superstar Ludmilla was also invited to bask in the fun and fierce fashions.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The first one to solve the riddle gets to bask in their win the rest of the day.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 13 Feb. 2023
  • When you’re done, take a dip in the pool or bask in the warm sun on the deck.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • In the meantime, the Browns and Chubb will bask in the joy of a win-win deal.
    cleveland, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Look for the sun to come out, and get ready to bask in its rays.
    Essence, 1 Oct. 2024
  • But for one day, anyway, the Rams could bask in the glow of a win.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the team is basking in the success of the film.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Lisa Hochstein is basking in the love of her new boyfriend.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Biles has more than earned the right to bask in her glory!
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The Muppets bask in its glow while the pieces of their would-be film lay strewn around them.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Chandler is not the type of person to bask in the limelight.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • But who will be left at Compound to bask in that light?
    Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • There, perhaps, the Queen herself might bask in the warmth of their glow from afar.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 29 July 2022
  • Families basked in the grass; kids splashed in the shallow end.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Once ready, Tenney takes some time to bask in the morning soleil.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 19 July 2022
  • Tyson gets to bask in the good P.R. and cash in on government contracts.
    Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • None of this means that Kia is happy to sit back and bask in its achievements.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Visitors can swim in gentle rivers, camp under the stars, and bask in some of the best views in the U.S.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Those lucky enough to bask in your love are always better for it.
    Allure, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Sit back, press play and bask in the glorious resumes of some of the biggest AAPI names on the scene!
    James Dinh, Billboard, 16 May 2022
  • There was no need for the snakes to bask in the sun to get warm when the ambient temperature of the swamp was in the 80s.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Sit outside at night, and bask in the soothing buzz of cicadas hidden in the trees.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2022
  • That was a glimpse of Titan; scientists want to bask in the landscape, and soon.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Don’t fear change; embrace it and bask in your good fortune.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Riley Keough is basking in the glow of the spotlight this week after the release of Daisy Jones & the Six.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 3 Mar. 2023
  • At the height of his fame in the 1970s, Mr. Blake appeared to bask in his live-wire reputation.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023

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