ENSCONCE in a Sentence

Learn ENSCONCE from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For ENSCONCE, below is one of 9 sentences:
Possibly, too, Jonah might have ensconced himself in a hollow tooth; but, on second thoughts, the Right Whale is toothless.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENSCONCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ensconce
 v.  settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place
Classic Sentence:
1  Possibly, too, Jonah might have ensconced himself in a hollow tooth; but, on second thoughts, the Right Whale is toothless.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
2  Back in the yard was a room for servants, in which old Celestine had been ensconced.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXI
3  At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
4  Eustacia bounded into the vehicle and sat on the stool, ensconced from view on the side towards the trackway.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
5  They found the sharp new heap they were seeking, and ensconced themselves within the protection of three great elms that grew in a bunch within a few feet of the grave.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence:
1  Now that you ensconce their children safely in the private school, the jet-setting parents decide to leave for Europe.
2  Brian was ensconced behind the bar.
3  The kitten was ensconced in an easy chair.
4  After dinner, I ensconced myself in a deep armchair with a book.