"the attack wiped out our forward bases"

"it was built on a base of solid rock"
"he stood at the foot of the tower"

"he scrambled to get back to the bag"

"the base of the mountain"

"the base of the skull"

"the government established a wage floor"

"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

"the base of the lamp"

"bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

"the base of the triangle"

"the basis of this drink is orange juice"

"10 is the radix of the decimal system"

"thematic vowels are part of the stem"

"the industrial base of Japan"

"glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"
"he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"
"everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base"

"a tub should sit on its own base"

"the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
"of humble (or lowly) birth"

"base coins of aluminum"
"a base metal"

"base and unpatriotic motives"
"a base, degrading way of life"
"cheating is dishonorable"
"they considered colonialism immoral"
"unethical practices in handling public funds"

"that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"
"taking a mean advantage"
"chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"
"something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

"an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"

"base a claim on some observation"

"we will base this project in the new lab"