Saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : a cottage nestling in a pine grove. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : He nestled himself into the hay for a short nap. ,She nestled her head on his shoulder. From Dictionary.com.
"Thank you," said Madame Morenski as Peter again nestled his head against her shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child] Reference
Margot nestled closer, her eyes bright with excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Days of the Discoverers] Reference
When the clerk at the ice cream parlor handed Dad his change, he would show me the few coins nestled in his palm. From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
Stories with the words / phrases 'nestled', 'a paradise for nature lovers ',' the heart of ',' snowcapped ', 'a must-do'. From Wordnik.com. [Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog] Reference
Inside, each in its own chamber, nestled four massive Macanudos. From Wordnik.com. [Macanudos On The Rocks] Reference
There were only a handful of tents in the camp, nestled underneath the tarps. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Schuller: Falling through the cracks or unstable foundations?] Reference
Or rather it would be, if it were not in fact nestled next to El Paso, Texas. From Wordnik.com. [Amanda Feilding: Sacrifice of the Innocents: Drugs, Money and Murder in Mexico] Reference
Oyama is a beautiful village of 5,000 people nestled in the mountains of Kyushu. From Wordnik.com. [One Small Step For Japan...] Reference
Thanks to a slew of authentic European establishments nestled all around the. From Wordnik.com. [Europe In New York: Take A Trip Abroad Without Ever Leaving] Reference
On weekdays I am out early, the sun still nestled beneath the rooftops of houses. From Wordnik.com. [My Morning Run Is A Moving Meditation] Reference
One of them, called Pademanga, is nestled between an aquatic park and a golf course. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Divide] Reference
EAT fresh venison at the open-air Domaine de Chasseur, nestled in the mountaintop jungle. From Wordnik.com. [TRAVEL: LOOKING FOR LOVE] Reference
Today, Ngendo and other Kikuyus in this hamlet nestled in the lush Rift Valley are afraid again. From Wordnik.com. [Kenya holds its breath on eve of vote on new constitution] Reference
The Royal Mansour is just inside one of the gates, nestled up against the 13th-century city walls. From Wordnik.com. [Being a Paying Guest of the King] Reference
You are a black ant, the commander of an ambitious colony nestled under ground in somebody's backyard. From Wordnik.com. [War Of The Electronic Ants] Reference
The children are all nestled snug in their beds, but you still have to wrap a golf club and three clown fish. From Wordnik.com. [Gifts: Wrap Up Your Troubles] Reference
Inside my treasure chest, nestled atop a lining of black velvet, is nearly two decades worth of ticket stubs. From Wordnik.com. [Tickets, Please] Reference
Picture the Afghanistan War nestled between two Iraq wars, and you have a sandwich delis can only dream about. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Astor: All We Are Saying Is Give Peace... The Boot] Reference
What is the secret behind this evergreen oasis, nestled among the rooftops of Paris and grown entirely in pots?. From Wordnik.com. [Gardens: Roof gardens] Reference
Weirton, a hardscrabble steel town nestled in a narrow reach of the Ohio River valley, is redolent of Kennedy history. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Hopes Along The Bus Tour] Reference
Feeling herself to have been a cuckoo in the nest at home, she fluffed up her brown feathers and nestled in elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [What to Look for in Winter: A Memoir of Blindness by Candia McWilliam] Reference
The Museum of Communism is easy to miss, nestled among the foreign-owned chain stores in Prague's main shopping district. From Wordnik.com. [A Tribute To Barren Shops] Reference
It's usually handled automatically by the hippocampus, a small, two-winged structure nestled deep in the center of the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Memory] Reference
Two ovals, one large and one small, nestled together in such a way that it was clear they were gazing with love at each other. From Wordnik.com. [The Gastronomical She] Reference
The stories of neighborhoods are folded into years, nestled in the recollections of those, like me, who come back to remember. From Wordnik.com. [Going Home Again] Reference
If Sojourner's limited exploration is any indication, such a self-reliant settlement could be nestled in a landscape of quiet majesty. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Of Mars] Reference
When seven boys quit their basketball game to inspect the damage, they found a shiny, black grapefruit-size rock nestled in the asphalt. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Water From Afar] Reference
The name of the web link sounds interesting enough -- words such as, women, health, life or care are conveniently nestled into the title. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Sharon Ufberg: Online Marketing Targets Age 40-Plus Women] Reference
This week the international media will descend on a concrete-walled police-academy auditorium nestled in the suburban hills outside Taipei. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Rattling] Reference
Last summer the four-star marine general was invited to a closed-door conference at the Aspen Institute, a plush think tank nestled in the Rocky Mountains. From Wordnik.com. [A Rebel In The Ranks] Reference
An exotic place, nestled among the oldest mountain remnants of the world, where flocks of parrots swoop and flutter through the downtown shopping district. From Wordnik.com. [We've Got Mail--Always] Reference
Most broadly, it means that you have studied the history of a region in which a group of nations, nestled close together, became increasingly rich and ambitious. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Past, Asia's Future] Reference
The cloud cover had dropped to less than 500 feet, with visibility just 100 yards -- far below safety limits for the airfield nestled between the Adriatic and its rugged coast. From Wordnik.com. [Death In The Mountains: How A Vip Jet Strayed] Reference
Once nestled within the tribal areas of Pakistan and in neighboring Afghanistan, groups of militants have now begun to move freely into the settled towns and cities of the east. From Wordnik.com. [Musharraf’s Last Stand] Reference
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