snuggled

past tense of snuggle
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as in nestled
to sit or recline comfortably or cozily it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day

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Recent Examples of snuggled 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 The picture features Ozzy and Sharon, 72, snuggled up on a couch together, posing with two dogs. Marina Watts, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025 The baby snuggled near, and smiled, and closed his eyes. Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024 The Wakeman Sleeping Bag is fully lined with soft buffalo polyester to ensure you’re perfectly snuggled up at all temperatures. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024 Made an incredible meal and sang Christmas songs snuggled up by a roaring fire. Mia Taylor, Parents, 16 Oct. 2024 Children can listen to an audiobook of The Witches whilst snuggled up in a bespoke Enormous Crocodile blanket and pillows or race Matilda to beat Trunchbull in Roald Dahl Monopoly. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 The K-pop star snuggled up in a padded royal purple corduroy set, accessorizing with small silver hoop earrings. Maggie Clancy, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuggled
Verb
  • 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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  • Cali’s husband murmured beside her, nuzzled into her elbow.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • The crowd crouched – then sprinted away from the canopy.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And over the past nine months, a team of judges has been measuring it, pinpointing the exact location of the wave’s base, then stacking images of Slebir’s crouched pose on top of each other like a totem pole up the face of the wave.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Snuggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuggled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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