Basking Sentence Examples

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  • Carmen smiled, basking in the warmth of his attention.

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  • She glanced up at him, basking in the afterglow of a good scare.

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  • Summer is also the best time to see adders basking on the sandy soils of the heath.

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  • Will I need to use a heat mat or is a basking lamp enough to provide heat.

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  • After months of wedding planning, both bride and groom can look forward to a well-deserved break basking on the beach, soaking up the sun, and taking in romantic evenings together.

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  • I plan to attach the basking lamp and UVB tube onto the table.

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  • The historic waterway serves as the perfect backdrop for newlyweds basking in the glow of married life.

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  • I had a good work month too, am still basking in the glow.

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  • The whole office is now basking in the therapeutic glow of progress.

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  • We arrived midday at the end of May in basking heat and were warmly welcomed and shown to our beautiful and vast suite.

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  • Phillip really became a playboy at this time, basking in the reflected glow of his father's celebrity.

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  • To avoid any messy mishaps, stock up on your favorite beach wedding makeup staples and store them properly while you're at your destination, making sure cosmetics aren't basking in the hot sun during the ceremony.

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  • You are most likely to come across a basking adder by accident while walking on a narrow heathland track.

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  • Whilst working round the lake I was lucky enough to spot a few of them just basking under some of the snags.

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  • They spend long periods basking on the ground, on logs, on bramble leaves, or on dead bracken.

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  • Don't be surprised if you see the famous estuarine crocodiles basking on the banks of the Daintree River!

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  • At this time the black spiky larvae can often be seen basking in clusters of several dozen.

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  • With the town basking in the glory of our unique status this is surely some kind of sick joke?

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  • We were encouraged by a couple of basking sharks just moseying around.

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  • The biggest is the basking shark which is the second largest shark in the world.

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  • You fly out there expecting to trot around like an old-fashioned colonial hunter, inspecting the fauna, basking in the past.

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  • A good Mojito recipe is welcome at any barbecue or beach party or even when you are basking in the sun by the pool or on a Cuban beach.

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  • Colin is an experienced yachtsman who has been following basking sharks for more than fifteen years.

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  • Sailing north through a myriad of tiny islands, we spotted a couple of seals basking on the rocks.

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  • A kind of plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, often sits upon basking crocodiles, and, since the latter often rest with gaping mouth, it is possible that these agile birds do pick the reptiles' teeth in search of parasites.

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  • The desert was basking in an orange sunset when they finally stopped.

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  • They spend most of their time in the water, but are also very fond of basking in the hot sun on the banks of rivers or in marshes, usually with the head turned towards the water, to which they take on the slightest alarm.

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  • For a few minutes she lay still, basking in the security of his presence.

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  • Perquisites, offices, frced loans were multiplied to such a point that a critic of the times, Guy Patin, facetiously declared that duties were to be exacted from the beggars basking in the sun.

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  • One day Miss Sullivan attracted my attention to a strange object which she had captured basking in the shallow water.

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  • From its habit of coming to the surface in calm weather, showing its high dorsal fin above the water, it has also received the name of "sun-fish," which it shares with Orthagoriscus and the basking shark.

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