May we not sometimes lie indolently warming ourselves by a fire of our own, and fancy it as comfortable as basking in the sun?
Though it was late in January, the midday sun was warm around them, and they were basking in it like two young turtles.
This snake is found in woods, and is fond of basking in the sun.
It may be seen on walls, or by the wayside, basking in the sunshine, and now and then darting at a fly.
One by one the rest followed its example, and, finally, with sighs as of relief, they returned again to their luxurious basking in the firelight.
We went off to the island in several canoes, and at once found an immense number of crocodiles basking in the sun, but not a single hippopotamus was in sight.
On the terrace, she caught sight of Vernon, who had just quitted his own room, where he always breakfasted alone, and who was now languidly stretched on a bench, and basking in the sun.
Think you that Plato is at rest, and Shakspeare onlybasking on a sun-cloud?
Crocodiles were seen basking in the broad blaze of the sun or plunging beneath the waters with the agility of lizards, and in their gambols they sported about among the many green islands that intercept the current of the stream.
The latter, who had been basking quietly, disappeared at the sound of the explosion, but did not seem to be otherwise incommoded by Kennedy's conical bullet.
Spread far below you, and basking in the sunshine, a comparatively flat and wide, open valley; olive and stone pine and mulberry on its slopes; pasture land and flowery vale in its midst.
They did not know but that his army might be on the way to Basking Ridge; and the sooner they were off, the better.
Lee left his army at Bernardsville, which was then known as Vealtown, and rode on to Basking Ridge, accompanied only by a small guard.
Arriving at the spot where the fish werebasking in the sun, they made an ineffectual effort to get one of them into their hands; and, soon after, they were seen tugging away lustily at the oar, on their return to the ship.
Immense crocodiles are now to be seen daily, basking upon the muddy banks.
They desired me to lie down, and they crept into the jungle out of view of the river; I presently observed them stealthily descending the dry bed about two hundred paces above the spot where the hippos were basking behind the rocks.
The earth was basking beneath the brightness of the sun; but I presently lost all consciousness.
I found myself on the morning of the fourth on a sandy plain, basking in the rays of the sun, and sitting on a fragment of rock; for it was sweet to enjoy the genial warmth of which I had so long been deprived.
A beggar, who had been quietly ensconced on the other side, basking in the sun and eating his dinner, heard the movement, and not wishing to be run over started up to escape the danger.
We are too busy for half of you to be basking in idleness.
Across from the Rock, and joined to it by the low-lying Condamine, was Monte Carlo, with the white Casino towers pointing high above roofs and feathery banks of trees, like the horns of a great animal crouched basking in the gay sunlight.
It looked a kind, friendly animal basking in the gardens, and the big clock above its forehead, round which pigeons wheeled, added to its air of comfortable good nature.
While the others stood weighed down by uncertainty, they lounged full length on the ground basking in the heat of the flames, or sat in groups on near-by wagon-tongues, laughing and whispering jests among themselves.
Four or five bandits were cooking their breakfast over the fire; and Three-Fingered Jack lay at a little distance, sprawled full-length in the morning sunshine like a basking rattlesnake.
Basking in the sun: from the great Wireless Station How the Germans started to try trading with us ten minutes after we entered the Capital.
Basking in the sun: from the great Wireless Station] [Illustration: How the Germans started to try trading with us ten minutes after we entered the Capital.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "basking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
