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
She was nestling up to him in a trustful sort of way.
From An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) by David Christie Murray
Not a single atom of truth in the story, except that he was nestling in a warm stable at an advanced village, whilst his master was shivering in the mud of the trenches that night.
From The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 by Lord Edward Gleichen
