den

Despite their mudcat nickname, enormous catfish keep a surprisingly clean den.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Inside, the home boasts several dedicated living and dining spaces, as well as a kitchen and cozy den.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Murdoch had entered the den saying: "What have I got to lose?"

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The 3-week-old kitten was found in his den on March 25.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

“Well, I don’t suppose you think I’m going to sit in your den drinking tea all afternoon,” he yelled.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Fidgets, weighted blankets, sensory dens and noise-cancelling headphones were on tap, as well as activities including chess and dominoes.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

But a century after the term first emerged to describe the clandestine drinking dens of Prohibition, its meaning has blurred.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

In its famous showstopper, “Ya Got Trouble,” con man Harold Hill warns the River City townsfolk about supposed dens of immorality, and the children notice Matty in the crowd, holding a bundle.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

He said the homes maximize privacy with outdoor seating, family rooms, dens and home offices “so that people can choose to be by themselves or with other individuals when they are outside of their bedrooms.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

When we reach the second section of the train, August hops up onto a flat car and props open the sides of two cat dens.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

She returned to an area near Topanga Canyon, where she denned for months, beginning in October.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

During her time under observation, Uno probably denned more than once; she produced at least one litter, with four kittens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

He recommends waiting to put feeders out until there is 4 to 6 inches of snow on the ground to be sure the bears denned for the winter.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2017

The meter is now denned as 1,650,763.73 wave lengths of the orange-red light given off by electrically excited krypton 86, a rare gas extracted from the atmosphere.

From Time Magazine Archive

I knew the old ringtails would be hungry and stirring for they had been denned up during the storm.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

He believes the two wolves in the pack might be denning; it’s currently the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025

The researchers concluded that the cave was used primarily by hibernating cave bears and denning hyenas, with only periodic human presence.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

The state plans to appeal and will continue to track the denning status of grizzly bears in case its appeal is successful and the injunction is overturned, the agency said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Ideal denning conditions and abundant food attract the antisocial animals and force them into close quarters, where it’s common for them to poke, prod, grab and otherwise annoy one another.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

They avoided other clumps of blackened trees just in case they stumbled into more holes, but each time Owen saw a burned-out denning site, he felt a pang of sadness.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz