nestle

verb nes·tle \ ˈne-səl \

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Examples: nestle in a Sentence

Definition of nestle

nestled; nestling play \ˈne-s(ə-)liŋ\

intransitive verb

1 archaic : nest 1

2 : to settle snugly or comfortably

3 : to lie in an inconspicuous or sheltered manner

transitive verb

1 : to settle, shelter, or house in or as if in a nest

the children were nestled all snug in their beds
—Clement Moore

2 : to press closely and affectionately

nestles a kitten in her arms

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nestler

play \ˈne-s(ə-)lər\ noun

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Examples of nestle in a Sentence

He nestled his head against his mother's shoulder.
She carefully nestled the hamster into its cage.
The fly ball nestled into the outfielder's glove.

Recent Examples of nestle from the Web

Lavorato uses organic butter and Guittard chocolate, and the finished product comes nestled in a paper jewelry box fancy enough to hold your great-grandmother's engagement ring.

— marian bull, GQ, "Stoner Food Has Gotten Fully Baked," 7 June 2018
The 165-acre garden occupies a unique spot in the Los Angeles Basin, close to urbanity but nestled in a foothills area that offers a complex network of undeveloped wildlife corridors and waterways.

— sara cardine, latimes.com, "New gallery exhibit ‘Growing Habitat’ tells larger, wilder narrative about Descanso," 17 May 2018
The home, located on North Mercier Court, is a three-story duplex nestled in a still-developing cul-de-sac.

— max londberg, kansascity, "'Allah Scum': KC Muslim family leaves new home after hateful slurs, arson ruin it | The Kansas City Star," 11 May 2018
Later on, Nathanael, a software engineer with piercing blue-green eyes who codes with a cat nestled in his lap, recounts how Adderall allowed him to work intensely until midnight—a coder’s dream.

— The Economist, "Too often, poverty is treated with pills," 10 May 2018
Namibia’s Hoanib Valley Camp has been tipped as the destination, a luxury $660 per person, per night camp nestled in a romantic landscape of mountain ranges, sand dunes and private expanses of desert.

— sophie dodd, PEOPLE.com, "100 Questions About the Royal Wedding Answered!," 7 May 2018
Hamilton Pool, roughly 30 miles west of Austin, is an oasis nestled in Travis County.

— fernando alfonso iii, Houston Chronicle, "14 reasons why you need to visit Hamilton Pool this summer," 1 May 2018
In Ein Karem, stories of 1948 The bus now carries the group farther west, away from the center of Jerusalem and toward the neighborhood of Ein Karem, once a Palestinian village and now a Jewish area nestled in the green foothills of the city.

— dina kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, "Israel at 70: A tale of two histories," 1 May 2018
What's better than a gorgeous, old house nestled deep in the countryside and dripping with rustic elegance?

— elizabeth finkelstein, Country Living, "This Idyllic Texas B&B Is for Sale and We Want to Move Here Immediately," 27 Apr. 2018

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