nuzzle
verb (used without object)
to burrow or root with the nose, snout, etc., as an animal does.
had nuzzled
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past perfectof nuzzle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Pop culture had nuzzled up to the White House in the Obama years.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2016
British tanks had nuzzled up to the French positions.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had nuzzled that chaff for the oat grains that were left in it and had picked up some of those little balls of tallow.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
Through ten acutely unhappy minutes she had nuzzled her friend's hand, and gained never a hint of recognition or response.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
