snuggle
verb (used without object)
to lie or press closely, as for comfort or from affection; nestle; cuddle.
was snuggling
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past progressiveof snuggle.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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For her part, Hurley – actress; model; purveyor of fine beachwear – was snuggling by the fire in her Gloucestershire farm.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2011
I was snuggling with Daisy on my bed when Dad came to tuck me in later.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
All I could think about was snuggling up to him and listening to him talk about scoring telling points.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
But the hit had been weak and long before he reached the bag the ball was snuggling in Donald Satterlee's mitten, and up on the terrace the Willardians breathed their relief.
From The New Boy at Hilltop by Ralph Henry Barbour
Forty or fifty feet away a small tug was snuggling up to the Henry Nellis, preparatory to towing her outside the harbor.
From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Ralph Henry Barbour
