basking
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- basking (adj.)
- 1742, present participle adjective from bask (v.). Basking shark is recorded from 1769.
Example
- 1. Should we just leave him here , basking ?
- 2. A group of grey seals were basking on a rock .
- 3. By contrast , the core of the euro area is basking in sunny economic revival .
- 4. He is not the only one basking in acclaim .
- 5. Scientists tested some small pieces of the animal and discovered that it was a basking shark .