nestling

synonyms for nestling

My Lovely Wife and I missed the moment the nestlings turned into fledglings, that instant when they parachute from the bird box.

"Yes—no," she answered, nestling so close to him that the rose in her dress was loosened and fell to the ground.

THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMES

Directly at the foot of a steep hill we came upon the meeting-house, nestling in a wooded valley.

Away in the distance they could see the mansion nestling amidst giant trees centuries old.

At the top of the rise they saw their camp nestling beside the little creek in the valley.

Then comes Dinant, nestling on the right bank of the river, below the fortress which rises on the steep hillside.

BELGIUMGEORGE W. T. (GEORGE WILLIAM THOMSON) OMOND

He left the band behind, and Richard flew toward the long line of tents he saw nestling under a distant hill.

GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS

Between these rivers, and nestling inside of their very confluence, reposes Harper's Ferry.

We are quite close now and can see tiny white houses nestling on the edge of the island amid clusters of green.

You must have seen a "cob" of Indian corn some time, with all the flat yellow grains nestling in a honeycomb of little cells.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985