ensconced
Example Sentences
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Routinely forgetting to drop the bat would be a bizarre mistake for any teenage baseball phenom who spent his youth ensconced in the game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Now they’re ensconced in Scotland, where he has been an architect and she an English teacher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The board's apparent belief that nothing is as bad as it seems and that fans need to understand how lucky they are gets them nowhere - only further ensconced in their own echo chamber.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
His wife, Patty, was ensconced in a coordinating suit, hers brown, his green.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
The hurly-burly of politics did not suit his temperament, which was only comfortable when ensconced on his mountaintop and redesigning his mansion at Monticello.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.