1968, my wife and I moved from Hamburg to San Francisco, where we remain ensconced to this day. From Wordnik.com. [J. Michael Bishop - Autobiography] Reference
I mean, I'm kind of … 'ensconced' is not the right word, but I'm there, I'm here. From Wordnik.com. [Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.] Reference
One group was ensconced in the Presidential Suite of the New. From Wordnik.com. [Hail to the Chief] Reference
Picasso ensconced himself nearby and visited Matisse frequently. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship And Rivalry] Reference
Julien de Buxieres -- ensconced in his unpretentious apartment in the Rue. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Once Chelsea's ensconced, Clinton has promised to learn to use e-mail to stay in touch. From Wordnik.com. [Chelsea's Long Goodbye] Reference
Only after the states are firmly ensconced do they become responsible for the huge bills. From Wordnik.com. [The Federal Heath-Care Tease] Reference
That's where I've been happily ensconced for the past week or so, thanks to Gabrielle Burton. From Wordnik.com. [Tamsen Donner: Pioneer Dame Of The Donner Party] Reference
I replied: “For the last nine months you have been fully ensconced in my closets and drawers.”. From Wordnik.com. [Things I Should Have Done - #4] Reference
After she was comfortably ensconced in her wheeled chair on the porch, she held a mimic reception. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
They are ensconced in their own "city" behind concrete walls, and almost no one has even seen them. From Wordnik.com. [Towns In Terror] Reference
That evening, ensconced in his posh Georgetown digs, Cheney drank cognac and lounged, chewing cuds. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney Had Plans To Light Off the Reichstag] Reference
Afghanistan President Karzai safely sits in Kabul, and President Obama sits ensconced in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Jake Diliberto: Enough is Enough: War Chatter From the Oval Office] Reference
Once ensconced in office, these political entrepreneurs regard defeat as something akin to bankruptcy. From Wordnik.com. [Politician, Heal Thyself] Reference
Mehlman is a former politico, never well known to the public, now safely ensconced in the business world. From Wordnik.com. [Time magazine comes out on top] Reference
Meanwhile, I will be safely ensconced in academia, polishing my medals and burnishing my military record. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Brenner: Four Star Trek: The Wrath of General Stanley McChrystal] Reference
After infecting someone, HIV may spend 10 years or more quietly ensconced within various tissues and organs. From Wordnik.com. [Aids The Next Ten Years] Reference
Another few snips and she had liberated a delicate pink covering of origami paper ensconced by dental floss. From Wordnik.com. [The Gift] Reference
Once ensconced in the capsule, we could feel a powerful quiet and peace, which ended with the rumble of the launch. From Wordnik.com. [From CEO to Space Tourist] Reference
Marital relations would certainly blossom if the man were happily ensconced in a leisure area while his wife shopped. From Wordnik.com. [A New Sales Incentive] Reference
But by the end of the year, managers expect a dozen start-ups to be ensconced in offices now outlined in steel studs. From Wordnik.com. ['It's All About Acceleration'] Reference
In October 2008, Wehelie boarded a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Dulles and was soon ensconced in Yemeni society. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. citizen on no-fly list discusses being stranded in Egypt and talks with FBI] Reference
No sooner had she ensconced herself snugly in one of the dormer windows to read, than she heard someone coming upstairs. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
By the afternoon, Tom Blacker was ensconced in a fair-sized office with vaguely oriental furnishings and an ankle-deep rug. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out of Our Skies!] Reference
She has ensconced herself in her mother's home, where she's undergoing "professional treatment," according to her statement. From Wordnik.com. [CHASING JENNIFER] Reference
Until he was expelled last month for challenging Mugabe, Makoni was comfortably ensconced in the ruling party's top echelons. From Wordnik.com. [Mugabe’s Last Stand] Reference
In any case, a year later Katzenberg was ensconced at DreamWorks when an executive named Nina Jacobson pitched an animated ants movie. From Wordnik.com. [Ants In Their Pants] Reference
William, 24, is ensconced in his new job as a second lieutenant in the British Army and has said he doesn't want to marry until he's 28. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Romance] Reference
Maybe that's why I was cranky despite being ensconced in a privileged perch for the opening of the 2000 Games in Sydney's Olympic Stadium. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The latter was definitely the person to trust, but he was ensconced in his booth, at the other side of the immense Imperial Hotel Theatre. From Wordnik.com. [Patrizia Chen: Sax and the City] Reference
Dadullah and others say they believe he's safely ensconced deep in the remote and rugged mountains of Uruzgan province, where he once lived. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Mullah Omar] Reference
At Camp David last Saturday morning, the president was ensconced in Laurel Cabin, receiving status reports from Cheney, Powell and Rumsfeld. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's 'Phase One'] Reference
The younger boy had ensconced himself just under the brink of a steep bank at the bottom of which was Rolling River, a swift and deep stream. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Lent, Hilary, Trinity, Michaelmas, the names if not the sacral observance, remain firmly ensconced in English legal, academic and public life. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Common Prayer, part 5: The importance of evensong] Reference
It had already been planned that Hiawatha One Eye Powers, that is, Mrs. John Powers, would be ensconced at the home of Mrs. Fogel, his mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail] Reference
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