nuzzled

past tense of nuzzle
as in snuggled
to lie close newborn puppies nuzzling against their mother to stay warm

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Recent Examples of nuzzled Cali’s husband murmured beside her, nuzzled into her elbow. Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • Art aficionados will enjoy prowling around the building snuggled in this park that houses The Burrell Collection.
    Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The hilarious clip, shared on Instagram on Friday under the username @mostly_ghostly1, shows the poster lying by the edge of the bed, almost falling off of it, while her rescue pup, Mookie, sleeps right in the middle, snuggled up to her husband.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • After Saddier hit his pitch shot over the green, Noren nestled a pitch up close to the hole and was able to tap in for the winning birdie.
    Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The man found his way to the roof, nestled down into the prone position and peered through a scope at Kirk less than 150 yards away.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • No one mentions Kyle at all, though not hours before, Solène cuddled him in his cabin and kissed him goodnight.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In the picture, the proud mom could be seen lying in a bed on a private plane, cuddled in a fuzzy blanket.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Nuzzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuzzled. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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