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Or, to be specific, blow kisses at my daughter, who grew fabulously adept at blowing them back and basking in her newfound glory as the only natural blonde on the island.
The Smyth scandal and the disclosure that the authorities were complicit in the cover-up led to the collapse of the Fianna Fáil-Labour government, which at the time was basking in the glow of helping to secure the IRA's 1994 ceasefire.
He had inherited a kingdom torn by ideologically opposed groups, beset by unemployment, corruption, insecurity and terrorism, yet basking in a second oil boom.
He is handsome, relaxed, basking in the moment.
Rather than just sitting indoors and waiting interminably for them to pass, I embrace feeling the winter rain against my face, or basking in the brief appearance of thin sunshine.
"I trained him extensively using carrots to achieve that effect," says Gatiss, still basking in the unexpected success this summer of his adaptation, with Steven Moffat, of Sherlock for the BBC.
Instead of basking in the admiration of the Signature Theatre's patrons, he and his third wife, Inge Morath, who had just travelled down from Connecticut by Greyhound bus, chose a quiet dinner in an Italian restaurant.
While I agree that nobody wants to see men in suits basking in glory when trophies are won, the public presence in testing times of a chief executive or a sporting director – typically the owner's (or the board's) eyes, ears and right-hand men at the club – would make life a lot easier for the manager.
Its eight-day Highlands & Islands Wildlife of Scotland trips will cover destinations from the Cairngorms to Mull, with opportunities to spot pine martens, basking sharks and golden eagles.
Chelsea are still rightly basking in that eye-catching victory at Manchester City, though their next three league matches are against teams who have taken points from the sides' collisions earlier this season.
Straw polls do not count for much; a mere six weeks ago Mrs Bachmann was basking in her own victory in the Ames straw poll in Iowa, only to be eclipsed as soon as Mr Perry made his late eruption into the race.
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The primary grammatical function of "basking" is a verb , specifically the present participle of the verb "bask". It describes an ongoing action of enjoying warmth or positive attention. As Ludwig AI indicates, it describes an action of savouring a pleasant experience.
Expression frequency: Very common
