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

But through the legal process he spent as little time at court as possible, ensconced instead in the safety and privacy of his home.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

For many years Lady Edith was the passed-over second daughter, but by the end of the series she was firmly ensconced as the formidable Marchioness of Hexham.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

The computer minders of the two IBM 7090s being used to track the flight were ensconced at Goddard, and much of the analysis was being done in the Space Task Group’s Mission Planning Analysis Division.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly