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
I wrapped my fingers around the large tea mug, legs tucked up under me.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2023
"We've got wet bottoms, but dry feet," said Sheila Morton, who was tucked up under a foil sheet with her friend, Lesley O'Hara.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2022
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
The next day Miss Hattie decided she had to disguise me as a working man—wearing coveralls, a denim jacket, and hair tucked up in an old, floppy hat.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
