Example Sentences

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“Don’t get too carried away – make sure you bring in lots of lovely woolly, cosy textures too, for that nesty, winter feelgood vibe.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2020

Later, he went to a notary and swore his allegiance, but somehow the oath never caught up with the am nesty petition.

From Time Magazine Archive

The brute had a nesty e'e in its heid.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

There's muckle loons there that micht snap up a guid-lookin' lad like Jock, an' ship him ontill their nesty ships afore he could cry 'Mulquarchar and Craignell!'

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Eh, ye nesty cratur," said Bella, much disgusted "But I suppose ye're meaning English undertakers—men that does naething but work wi' funerals—a fearsome ill job.

From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.