ensconced

Example Sentences

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His shift didn't finish until three in the morning and he's ensconced in a hooded down jacket to keep out the winter weather.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

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

On 2 June 2010, with Emma ensconced in his car, Terry was heading into Whitehaven when he saw his friend's Citroen Picasso approaching.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

The universe was contained in a nutshell, ensconced comfortably within the sphere of fixed stars; the cosmos was finite in extent, and entirely filled with matter.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife