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Example sentences for "cosy"

Lexicographically close words:
costumer; costumes; costumi; costumier; costuming; cosyn; cot; cotal; cotanto; cotch
  1. Thank you,' she replied, 'I was so cosy and warm.

  2. Muriel was seated upon the high padded fender--like those one has at clubs--which always formed a cosy spot for the ladies, especially after dinner.

  3. Until her husband was quite out of sight Hetty remained on the settle in the cosy kitchen; then she went up to her room, and taking a hat out of the cupboard began to pull it about and to re-arrange the trimming.

  4. She found him in his cosy breakfast-room, in the act of helping himself to coffee.

  5. Hetty had lit a large paraffin lamp and placed it in the centre of the table; it lit up the cosy room, even the beams and rafters glistened in the strong light; shadows from the fire leaped up and reflected themselves on the sleeper's face.

  6. Tell us all your story again," said Tom to his uncle, as the children sat round the stove that same evening in the cosy cabin of the Valhalla.

  7. And when all was finished, and wicker seats made, it did look a cosy little hut indeed.

  8. She was beginning to long for her mother's cosy cottage on the cliff, and for the fires that in the long winter evenings always burned so brightly in the parlour grate.

  9. He felt cosy and happy like he had felt in bed at home, when he had been a little kid.

  10. The "wet" canteen was full of smoke and a cosy steam of beer.

  11. All the other elegances and luxuries with which he had embellished the cosy little rooms had been disposed of at the sale of Marie Prévol's effects.

  12. I have supped with him and Marie Prévol many a night in this house--sometimes making the third in a cosy trio, sometimes one of that small choice circle with which he occasionally surrounded himself.

  13. It was a cosy little cottage at Patricroft.

  14. When I had got comfortably settled in my cosy little cottage, my dear sister Margaret came from Edinburgh to take charge of my domestic arrangements.

  15. I was then introduced to his wife and daughter in a cosy room, where I spent a most pleasant evening.

  16. Nothing could be more cheerful or homelike than the appointments of this cosy apartment, lighted like the drawing-room by a tasteful chandelier.

  17. Your house looks inviting, and we would like a room and a cosy dinner.

  18. And now they gathered round the cosy hearth, on which great logs were blazing.

  19. That same evening a very happy group were assembled around a bright fire in the cosy snuggery.

  20. For such a humble home, it was quite a cosy apartment.

  21. Sir Felix Challas, Baronet the well-known financier and philanthropist, was seated in his cosy library in Berkeley Square, dictating letters to his secretary between the whiffs of his mild after-breakfast cigar.

  22. But at Gwen's persuasion he was induced to leave them to be locked up in the old-fashioned oak bureau at the further end of the cosy room.

  23. Since she had last sat in that cosy well-remembered room of hers there had been hideous happenings.

  24. In her own pretty room Gwen threw herself into the cosy chintz-covered armchair before the fire, and pondered deeply.

  25. There was no one in the cosy dining-room, and sitting down, he hammered the floor with his crutch.

  26. Success was in the very dampness of the air as thousands of people looked at it from the cosy interior of limousines, people who had never aspired higher than an occasional taxi-cab.

  27. It shall be just like mother's, smooth and cosy inside, but so strong that nothing can break its way in.

  28. Some had to coax the flower-buds out of their cosy blankets; some had to stroke the round cheeks of the berries till they turned red; some had to slip through the clear water to nurse and comfort the fish babies.

  29. It was delightfully warm and cosy in the little shell-house, so Blackie was content for a long time.

  30. It is a vast deal more cosy and comfortable now than it ever was then.

  31. A long dresser covered with plates and jugs stood against the end wall; an old-fashioned oak settle occupied one side of the fireplace, and the couch on which she lay the other side, thus forming a sort of cosy encampment in the great cave.

  32. When Mr. Bumpkin returned to the cosy parlour, his face was red and his teeth were set.

  33. The Goose was a nice cosy public-house, situated, as I before observed, near the river side and commanded a beautiful view of the neighbouring wharves and the passing craft.

  34. Night came, and the fireside was as cosy as ever.

  35. Bishopscourt, the modern palace, is a more cosy residence than that built by Bishop John de la Zouch early in the fifteenth century, of which this gateway is the most conspicuous relic.

  36. No one would judge from the manner of the man that he was not resting himself in one of his own cosy rooms at his New York hotel.

  37. I wonder how Sam ever managed to drop into this cosy little nest without breaking all our necks.

  38. Sleepy-head had been dreaming, oh, so cosy a dream!

  39. Madame Blanche retired to her cosy parlor, where, beneath the staring eyes of her late husband's crayon portrait, and amused by the squawking of her parrot, she could forget the cares of her profession in the latest popular problem novel.

  40. You couldn't do a better thing in the world," said Mary, patting her hand gently as they sat in the cosy little kitchen.

  41. In situations contiguous to houses, rags of calico, cotton thread, and other similar materials, form a very cosy and suitable lining.

  42. The base consists of dried stems of grasses, and on these is reared a neat and cosy superstructure composed of the inner fibres of the wild and cultivated species of the vine, and a slight sprinkling of wool.

  43. Internally, a few fine grasses are found, which make a rather cosy chamber.

  44. Having settled the last obligation, she nestles down into her cosy chamber with the determination to watch and wait for the priceless treasures which she knows must be her ultimate reward.

  45. Shortly afterwards a pair of Bluebirds came upon the scene, and coveting the cosy quarters, sought to expel the rightful owners.

  46. Even the picture gives but a meagre idea of the elegance of this cosy chamber.

  47. Having selected a suitable site, both birds apply themselves to the task of building for a period of four or five days, when a neat and rather cosy structure is the result.

  48. In shape, the nest is nearly hemispherical, compactly and elaborately made, and, above all, constitutes a very snug and cosy structure.

  49. The spinster had spoken very highly of it all--the picturesque surroundings, the attention she had received, and the cosy accommodation.

  50. A bedroom can be very cosy when the lamp's lighted and there's a bottle of wine on the table, can't it, Cynthia?

  51. It was cosy and nicely furnished, very different from that of the afternoon.

  52. But in their sitting-room, cosy as ever, Julie turned to him in a passion of emotion such as he had scarcely dreamed could exist even in her.

  53. It's so cosy upstairs, and we have all we want.

  54. I want the walk, and I want that cosy little room.

  55. They then hastened back to Mrs. Shiells's warm, cosy kitchen, feasted on hot broth and discussed the desperate state of affairs.

  56. Aunt Rosa's room alone remained untouched, and the master's cosy room, in which they had passed their first happy weeks together.

  57. The violet velvet curtains were drawn and everything looked cosy and comfortable.

  58. It was a very cosy group that Mrs. Baumhagen's eyes rested on as she, with Jenny and Arthur, mounted the veranda steps.

  59. Then the curtains were drawn, the fire burned brightly in the fireplace, and opposite in the cosy sitting-room her father sat at a game of cards.

  60. Were these walls not strong enough, these rooms not cosy and homelike enough to hold such happiness?

  61. Behind the wooded hills of the Thurmberg stood the dear, cosy little house.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cosy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    easy; home; homely; intimate; secure; snug; sociable