nestling

• "That arctic warbler nestling is going to fly from Tangle Lakes to the Philippines by itself," Sharbaugh said. —  Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News
• Most animals of the forest drink at night, and at particular places; thus finally the deer, the elk, or even the lordly buffalo appears, and ere it has slaked its thirst, the cougar has dropped from his nestling-place and descended as quietly as a dried leaf upon the neck of his victim. —  Harper's Magazine
• Of this low-nestling, speechless, harmless, infinitely submissive, infinitely serviceable order of being, no Historian ever takes the smallest notice, except when it is robbed or slain. —  Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens
• Of course it was impossible longer to conceal the fact that the new patient had brought with him a dog, so he showed me--nestling under his arm--a young Newfoundland puppy, looking like nothing so much as a fluffy black ball. —  Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War
• The "bunchberries" must just be ripening on the high ground--nestling scarlet and white amid their glossy leaves. —  The Case of Richard Meynell

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