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
After completing the simple three-step routine, the actress basked in the glow of her hydrated skin.
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Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The looks basked in frisky gay revelry.
—Ludwig Hurtado, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The looks basked in frisky gay revelry.
—Ludwig Hurtado, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for basked
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The Austria international should feature more in this busy period when Van de Ven or Romero are rested.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Lakers rested Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton and Jake LaRavia among several others.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Hold the stretch for 30 seconds, keeping your back and shoulders relaxed.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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Last month, a civilian body that oversees the Oakland police approved new policies that relaxed previous restrictions on when the city’s officers can initiate a high-speed chase.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Basked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basked. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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