nestle
verb (used without object)
to lie close and snug, like a bird in a nest; snuggle or cuddle.
has nestled
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present perfectof nestle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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At the high altitudes, a pocket of cold air, low pressure and spin has nestled itself within that southward jet deviation, and it will ebb and flow over the Great Lakes during the coming days.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Mr. Greenspan wears a classic three-piece suit throughout, and the playing spaces for the first seven acts are intimate, contained within a wooden structure that Mr. Laffrey has nestled inside the cavernous theater.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2017
But the three-inch screen remains clear and bright even in bright sunshine, thanks to an extra white pixel Sony has nestled in among every set of red, green and blue.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2012
For more than 40 years Climax has nestled next to Bartlett Mountain, where the Climax Molybdenum Co. has blasted out the world's largest molybdenum* mine.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, you are always in sight of a civilisation which has nestled for ages at the feet of those high places.
From Letters from America by Rupert Brooke
