nest

Example Sentences

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CJ7 had returned to the nest on 25 March this year, with 022 arriving the following day.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

They nest in colonies where they parent their young for up to five years, care for their elderly and mourn their dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

No one does anything alone, but this reader describes himself as a loner, and one reason he’s sitting on a big nest egg is because he started early.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Without at least four birds working together to raise young, their slow-developing chicks won’t survive long enough to leave the nest.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Instead, here she was on the good ship Acorn, in a bunk that was as small and hard as a nutshell and not nearly as cozy as a squirrel nest in the treetops would be.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood