Read full poem →Some in the fields of purest ether play,
And bask and whiten in the blaze of day:
Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high,
Dictionary Entry
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
In a Sentence
“to bask in the sun”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. baskunder baskbooks bask
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Poetry examples for “bask”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →You can bask in this sun,
You can drink wine, and eat:
Read full poem →No guerdon; this imperial style
Affronts him; he disdains to bask,
The pensioner of her priceless smile.
Read full poem →That she’d be mine without reserve,
And in her unclaim’d graces bask’d,
At leisure, till the time should serve,
Read full poem →At the voice of an in-door singer.
Bask tenderly beneath tender eyes;
Glance lightly, on their removing;
Read full poem →Then, when the clouds are off the soul,
When thou dost bask in Nature's eye,
Ask, how _she_ view'd thy self-control, 15
Read full poem →Where the sea-snakes coil and twine,
Dry their mail and bask in the brine;
Where great whales come sailing by,
Read full poem →To bear true witness of the heart within,
Dost bask under the beams of love, come lower _45
Read full poem →That and here my General's first battle,
No women looking on nor sunshine to bask in, it did not conclude with
applause,