as in rested
to refrain from labor or exertion
we blissfully basked at the seashore over the long holiday
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Recent Examples of basked
His satirical conservative anchorman then crawled out from behind the Late Show desk and basked in the corresponding cheers as the Colbert Report theme song played.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Trumps otherwise basked in the royal limelight on Wednesday, visibly enjoying the pomp and ceremony, which included a royal gun salute, carriage procession through Windsor and guard of honor.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
On July 18, 2025, NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic research aircraft basked in golden light on the ramp at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility before being put through a series of ground tests.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In my two to three hours at the bagel shop, I was basked in nostalgia.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
The Virginia show was among those scaled back from stadiums, but nary a seat or speck of grass went empty at the 20,000-capacity venue as millennials basked in nostalgia and their kids learned the definition of magnetism.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
True to form, when my sons were in first grade, the advanced readers basked in the blue group, middle readers were relegated to the yellow group, the sucky readers sentenced to red.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere on the property, Lopez basked in the sun.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Over the course of 40 years or so, Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa basked in the peacefulness that Santa Fe, New Mexico, has to offer.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Trumps otherwise basked in the royal limelight on Wednesday, visibly enjoying the pomp and ceremony, which included a royal gun salute, carriage procession through Windsor and guard of honor.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
On July 18, 2025, NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic research aircraft basked in golden light on the ramp at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility before being put through a series of ground tests.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
In my two to three hours at the bagel shop, I was basked in nostalgia.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
The Virginia show was among those scaled back from stadiums, but nary a seat or speck of grass went empty at the 20,000-capacity venue as millennials basked in nostalgia and their kids learned the definition of magnetism.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
True to form, when my sons were in first grade, the advanced readers basked in the blue group, middle readers were relegated to the yellow group, the sucky readers sentenced to red.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere on the property, Lopez basked in the sun.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Over the course of 40 years or so, Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa basked in the peacefulness that Santa Fe, New Mexico, has to offer.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basked
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The Douglas crew looked rested and relaxed while on vacation over the Thanksgiving break back in 2022.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Once LeMaistre rested her case, Wayne testified in his own defense, taking the stand as his fellow Atlanta artist Young Thug watched from the gallery.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Douglas crew looked rested and relaxed while on vacation over the Thanksgiving break back in 2022.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Mel is stiff and stilted on camera, even in the moments he was relaxed and claimed to be having fun.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Basked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basked. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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