Example Sentences

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A few seasons ago, an eagle was nesting high up in a tree and Adams got to watch it feed its fledglings.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

I was nesting, preparing for a new arrival the way expectant parents do.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2021

It was nesting season, and dozens of great blue herons burst from the mid-reaches of some tall trees.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2017

Since female mountain lions gestate for 90 days, park employees tracked P-53’s movements and noted she was nesting for longer periods than normal.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2017

Then she fell to her labor of collecting what I suppose was nesting material, and in a few minutes started up again by the roundabout road to the top.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne