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Definition of Basked
1. bask [v] - See also: bask
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basked
Literary usage of Basked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... which, in after-days, when the sun was at the meridian, and he basked in the
cool shade, with all that he wanted around him, toned down to a wit, soft, ..."
2. A Classical Tour Through Italy, An. MDCCCII. by John Chetwode Eustace (1815)
"In truth, the latter country had basked in the sunshine of science at least two
Voltaire appreciates his own language with more impartiality than these ..."
3. A Year of Consolation by Fanny Kemble (1847)
"... and the deep chestnut forests that rolled far below us again, basked in the
rays of the unclouded heavens; but that snow mountain struck a chill to my ..."
4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... for seasons before, Had basked in her beautiful gaze, And burnt to dismember
Milor, //•• loved De la Sauce Mayonnaise. He said to her : " Méchante ..."
5. History of Roman Literature: From It's Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1823)
"... hills and sloping fields, the olives and vineyard basked on soils famed for
Mes- sapian oil, and for wines of which the very names cheer and revive us. ..."
6. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg (1863)
"ever basked in sunshine, or was swept by storm ; sae lay by the crutch, sir, and
lot that face subside, for " Blackness comes across it like a squall ..."
7. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"ever basked in sunshine, or was swept by storm ; sae lay l,y (he crutch, sir,
and let that face ... basked ..."
8. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1871)
"... very hot, and evidently very grateful to those who basked in it. Whenever I
passed into the shade, immediately from too warm I became too cold. ..."
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