nestle
verb (used without object)
to lie close and snug, like a bird in a nest; snuggle or cuddle.
was nestling
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past progressiveof nestle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Inches to the right and that was nestling in the unguarded left-hand side of the net.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2020
Dad was nestling little ferny claw plants into the chinks between the rocks.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
He was nestling with thin air and cinders.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
A purple belt was stretching across the distant hills, and a dark-blue tint was nestling under the eaves.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine
The poor, little wrinkled mouth was nestling against the mother-breast.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
