The phrase 'basking in the sunlight' is a common phrase and is used in written English to describe the feeling of someone or something that is enjoying the warmth and brightness of the sunlight.
For example: The cat was basking in the sunlight, enjoying the warmth on its fur.
Poikilotherms do maintain a limited control over internal temperature by behavioral means, such as basking in sunlight to warm their bodies.
In the third book of "Paradise Lost," the animals and (two) humans in Paradise are basking in sunlight, spending their hours in "joy and hymning".
On warmer days, the bog turtle's activities include scavenging, mating (during early spring), and basking in sunlight, the last of which it spends a great deal of the day doing.
Thermotolerance is important because some insects can elevate their body temperatures above ambient, particularly when diseased, either as part of their innate immune response or by basking in sunlight; a phenomenon termed "behavioral fever" [ 22- 25].
Breathing fresh air, reconnecting with nature, and basking in sunlight to restore your body's vitamin D levels can go a long way toward uplifting your spirits.
Throughout this season, the wood turtle use logs, sandy shores, or banks to bask in sunlight.
Some frogs such as Bokermannohyla alvarengai, which basks in sunlight, lighten their skin colour when hot (and darkens when cold), making their skin reflect more heat and so avoid overheating.
In the back of a cab, at John F Kennedy airport, with the engine idling, I find myself basking in the sunlight of her certainty, her confidence.
There are photos of Juanes as a child, basking in the sunlight or playing his too-big guitar, which he practiced obsessively while trying to distract himself from the kidnapping and drug violence in Medellín.
While Mr. Loebach was basking in the sunlight pouring through the multipaned factory windows and the prospect of earning the price of a small BMW, Brooke Woosley, a 32-year-old designer from Los Angeles, was tethered to her booth at the Salone Satellite, in the punishingly long fairgrounds building in the Milanese suburb Rho.
It was 15 years ago that Cooper was a skinny Lakers guard with too-high knee socks, basking in the sunlight while his coach, Pat Riley, uttered the words at a championship parade that put an official stamp on the team's dynasty.
