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Example sentences for "nestles"

Lexicographically close words:
nestful; nesthai; nesting; nestle; nestled; nestling; nestlings; nests; net; netai
  1. A fine avenue of ancestral trees shade the walk to the porch of the old hall, which nestles behind the present modern building.

  2. Only twelve miles from the metropolis, and in reality one of its many suburbs, it nestles among the hills, and looks off upon a broad expanse of field and meadow and forest, as though there were no such place as London in existence.

  3. The mother-bird nestles softly down upon the nest in the crotch of the tree, patiently, expectantly brooding, by the strength of her own life giving life to the coming young.

  4. They went on until they were over against where little Bethany nestles in among the blue hills.

  5. Cecil nestles close to Violet, who kisses her tenderly.

  6. A few miles farther up the valley I wheel through a small village that nestles amid surroundings the loveliest I have yet seen.

  7. It is visible from almost any part of St. Pierre,--which nestles in a fold of its rocky skirts.

  8. At the foot of the vast hill nestles the little white and red town of Plymouth.

  9. I sleep, and dream she nestles close, my own, Her red mouth on my breast; I wake and cry.

  10. Your dimpled hands are folded now Upon your snowy bosom, The dark hair nestles on your brow-- O tender, broken blossom!

  11. After a stiff climb we reach the top of the last range of hills and begin our descent into the valley, where Muir Woods nestles between the hills at the foot of Mount Tamalpais, in the beautiful Sequoia CaƱon.

  12. But at night the brook is heard at its best, when it performs its symphonies for the flickering moonlight that nestles upon its bosom, and the stars that reflect their lamps on its surface.

  13. A cub, already hunting in dreams, comes whining and nestles down over his heart, while Love's brilliant star pours its splendors full upon his face.

  14. The forest monarch lays his massy head on Adam's knee, the spotted leopard purrs about him and the fawn nestles between his feet.

  15. A small stream courses through the rich grass that carpets the floor, and one lone picturesque little village, with houses of stone and roofs of tile, nestles in its center.

  16. An old time 17th century fort nestles on the western shore of the entrance, an interesting reminder of the days in which every city and every harbor had to protect itself from the incursions of privateers and pirates.

  17. I know no other species of this family, save the one I have just mentioned, which permanently nestles on mountains.

  18. It nestles in sandy rocks and uninhabited islands.

  19. The beautiful palace nestles among the grand old groves of the park, the park sits in the lap of the picturesque crags and hills, and both look out upon the breezy ocean.

  20. The little village of Yalta nestles at the foot of an amphitheatre which slopes backward and upward to the wall of hills, and looks as if it might have sunk quietly down to its present position from a higher elevation.

  21. Tell him that his little chair Nestles where the sunbeams meet, That the shoes he used to wear Yearn to kiss his dimpled feet.

  22. And here, amid this mournful beauty, the little church itself nestles close to the ground, while every tree that waves its branches around it, and every vine that clambers on its surface, seems to clasp it in the arms of love.

  23. The grave of Goldsmith is close to the pathway that skirts this church, on a terrace raised above the foundation of the building and above the little graveyard of the Templars that nestles at its base.

  24. Below it, on the Manaton side, nestles Hound Tor Farm, picturesquely enfolded in a sycamore grove.

  25. And now to return to Sheeps Tor and the picturesque village that nestles under it.

  26. Still farther west the little river Sid flows down past Sidbury and Sidford, and enters the sea through a valley in which nestles the charming watering-place of Sidmouth, celebrated for its pebbles found among the green sand.

  27. Wells nestles in a wide grassy basin at the foot of the Mendips, its entire history being ecclesiastical, and that not very eventful.

  28. If I will not take her up in my hand, she nestles on my foot, and for several days I have kept my shoes off to give her the pleasure of feeling the warmth of my foot when I could not spare the time to 'fuss' with her on the desk.

  29. As I put down my hand she jumps into it, and as I lift her up and place her in my left hand she nestles down into it as if it were a nest, curves her head under her wing, and goes to sleep.

  30. Sang Hollow nestles by the river amid almost tropical luxuriance of vegetation; yon little wooded islet in mid-stream a favorite haunt of fishermen.

  31. Conemaugh nestles at the very foot of the Alleghenies; all railroad trains eastward bound stop there to catch their breath before beginning the long climb up to Altoona.

  32. An infant nestles on a mother's breast, Whose head is pillowed where it has not lain For months of wasted life--the tale all told, And confidence and love for aye secure.


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