nest

Example Sentences

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You see his demands, from where I’m sitting, as entitlement because he fails to understand that your nest egg did not come easy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Video footage posted by the nonprofit shows a close-up of the cracked shell in the nest as winds blow and an eagle stands guard.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Another nest was found inside a hutia vertebra, in the space that once housed the spinal cord.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Baby boomers whose savings drove the fund industry’s growth for decades are now spending down their nest eggs in retirement.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

They’d spend their days at leisure in the hog wallow and nest in dry leaves by night.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck