Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They were nestling in the banks of the river, swimming past moored boats with names like "Ratty and Moley".

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2023

The two girls had sat down on Ina's window-seat, and were nestling close together, with their arms around each other's waist, and the two streams of dark hair intermingling.

From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge

The sigh of the waste moorlands, where in the haggs the wild fowl were nestling and the adders slept, came down over the well-pastured braes to her.

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

Miss Celia stooped also, and gently poked the red cradle with her finger; for the tiny mice were nestling deeper into the fluff with small squeals of alarm.

From Under the Lilacs by Alcott, Louisa May

Broad flakes of snow drifted up against the low tent, beneath which the babes were nestling to the breast.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard