Nestled
[nesəld]
Definition
(adj.) drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection; 'saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside'; 'like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Nestle
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Examples
- Ursula nestled near him, into his constant warmth, and watched the pale-lit revelation racing ahead, the visible night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The little creature ran across at the words and nestled up against the lady's dress. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Can it be a wandering dog that has come in from the street and crept and nestled hither? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He had nestled down his head most conveniently. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Her head nestled with a tender contentedness on my bosom. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She had nestled down with him, that his head might lie upon her arm; and her hair drooping over him curtained him from the light. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As it was, the sweet fresh little voice went right into the Captain's heart, and nestled there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How she laughed and wept over it--how love, and hope, and prayer woke again in her bosom as the baby nestled there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Too weak to wonder at anything, she only smiled and nestled close in the loving arms about her, feeling that the hungry longing was satisfied at last. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Holmes nestled in silence into his heavy coat, and I was glad to do the same, for the air was most bitter, and neither of us had broken our fast. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She nestled down in bed, in the groove his body had made, in the warmth he had left. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She did not resist: she rather nestled in his arms, as if weary. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For a long time she nestled to him, and he kissed her softly, her hair, her face, her ears, gently, softly, like dew falling. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Beth nestled up to her, and whispered softly, I wish I could send my bunch to Father. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A rosy, chubby, sunshiny little soul was Daisy, who found her way to everybody's heart, and nestled there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I again nestled to the breast of the hill; and ere long in sleep forgot sorrow. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I did so: she put her arm over me, and I nestled close to her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She held out one of the little hands that nestled in a hollow of her huge lap like pet animals, and called to the maid: Don't let in any one else. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I am awake, George, the poor child said, with a sob fit to break the little heart that nestled so closely by his own. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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