How to Use Basque in a Sentence

Basque

noun
  • How about all of your scenes with the Swans at La Côte Basque?
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
  • After, there will be more dancing, food and music on the Basque Block.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The Basque Country is not an easy place to leave for any footballer brought up in the region.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Mini Basque Cheese Fun and rich, with a thick, almost sticky texture.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Only a Basque thoroughbred is galloping into contention, and there may now be room for four.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Add Pumpkin Basque Cheesecake or chocolate tarte for $30 each.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2022
  • But in Basque Country, pintxos are more than innovative bar snacks.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
  • Asturias is one of four regions along Spain's north coast, from Galicia in the west to the Basque Country in the east.
    — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The Basque was yellow carded for mouthing from the dugout as Barca led 4-1 after mounting a comeback for the ages.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • It's been so lovely to see all of your pictures of your beautiful Tiramisu Basque Cheesecake and to hear all of your questions.
    — Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Down in Basque Country, Biarritz draws in both celebrities and surfers with its impressive (but gentle) waves.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2025
  • After departing Le Select and Café Basque, though, that’s now his only stateside venture.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • Bacalao is served in all manner of dishes; one of the most popular is with pil-pil sauce, made of olive oil, garlic and the juice of the fish, and typical in the Basque Country.
    — Jon Yeomans, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • The property has also teamed up with the Basque Culinary Center, which trains people and promotes Basque gastronomy.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
  • His last job before moving to the Middle East was as an assistant coach at EuroLeague club Baskonia in Spain’s Basque Country.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Marcia Basque, who is 85, grew up in Land Park and now lives in Arizona, remembered taking swimming lessons with her sister at Land Park Plunge from Sherm Chavoor around 1951.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Castilian Spanish is spoken by the majority of Spaniards, but some autonomous regions have their own official language (Catalan in Catalonia, for example, and Basque, or Euskara, in the Basque Country).
    — Blane Bachelor, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025

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