tucked up

Example Sentences

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“It was a real destination for the community, tucked up in the hills,” noted MacLean.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Some are flat on their backs, normal for the period, while others are placed on their sides, and a few are buried in a crouching position with their knees tucked up against their chest.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

I wrapped my fingers around the large tea mug, legs tucked up under me.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2023

A newborn, tucked up in blankets, sleeps in a crib in a room housing the stacks of files of the hospital archive.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2022

At her forecastle stood a grotesque figurehead, some worm-eaten wooden eminence with a constipated look and a scroll tucked up under one arm.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin