Example Sentences

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“Don’t get too carried away – make sure you bring in lots of lovely woolly, cosy textures too, for that nesty, winter feelgood vibe.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2020

Later, he went to a notary and swore his allegiance, but somehow the oath never caught up with the am nesty petition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eh, ye nesty cratur," said Bella, much disgusted "But I suppose ye're meaning English undertakers—men that does naething but work wi' funerals—a fearsome ill job.

From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.

"Ay, man, so it is," says Sandy, takin' a slaik o't aff wi' his fingers, an' syne dichtin't on the tail o' his sirtoo, the nesty character, 'at I shud say sic a wird!

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

The brute had a nesty e'e in its heid.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.