Which preposition to use with basked

in Occurrences 220%

He found him on the sea-shore among his seals, basking in the afternoon sun.

on Occurrences 13%

When the young men arrived the girls were lazily basking on the sand, and Nan was pretending to read a book to the other two.

for Occurrences 3%

As the spring came on, Elsie would leave the fireside, have her tiger-skin spread in the empty southern chamber next the wall, and lie there basking for whole hours in the sunshine.

at Occurrences 2%

Graceful clumps of pine shaded the grassy knolls, where the sheep and silky-haired goats were basking at rest, and the air was filled with a warm, summer smell, blown from the banks of golden broom.

before Occurrences 2%

An old dog of the same family as the three knights basked before the fire.

beneath Occurrences 2%

Music? THE GUINEA-HEN The Cicadas! CHORUS OF CICADAS We simmer in thy gaze, We bask beneath thy blaze, Receive our grateful praise!

with Occurrences 2%

They often bask with their jaws open, which probably helps them to keep cool.

by Occurrences 1%

She held out her hands, she spoke to them, telling who she was, but no one paid any attention; only the little dog Fido, who had been basking by the fire, sprang up, looked at her, and retreating slowly backwards till he reached the wall, sat down there and looked at her again, with now and then a little bark of inquiry.

under Occurrences 1%

In its pages the sea seems to plash about rocks and caves that bask under a southern sun.

within Occurrences 1%

I picture thee within with dainty satin sides, Where all the long day through the sleeping dryad dreams, But when the moon bends low and taps thee thrice she glides, Knowing the fairy knock, to bask within her beams.

of Occurrences 1%

He had grown up in the bask of Lord Chatham's glory, and had the folly to mistake half the rays for his own.

Which preposition to use with  basked