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

In 15 years, when we're tucked up in bed on a windy night, it'll provide somewhere for all that excess power to go so that it can be used when we wake up.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

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

I don’t recognize any of the people guarding me; Thibaut and Engel are all tucked up in their pensions, and von Linden is busy tormenting that screaming French girl.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein