What is "ensconce"

Usage examples of "ensconce".

But to achieve such skill as an accomplished rider, she had dedicated herself relentlessly to hours of training, something her fainthearted siblings had been disinclined to do soon after discovering they were not always safely ensconced in a sidesaddle.

As a child, Samantha had wanted her ensconced nearby whenever she came to spend the night, and had claimed for Adriana the bedchamber on the opposite side of the narrow bathing compartment from her own room.

The heavier portion of the trunk scraped up soil and grass where it had become ensconced, slowing their progress.

Her parents were ensconced in the more spacious of the two guest chambers, which left the one she occupied as the only room that could be easily spared.

Nevertheless, upon entering the chamber wherein the young lady had been ensconced, the physician rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands and, with the aid of the more knowledgeable matrons, set about his labors.

Riordan pulled up two more chairs for Colton and himself as Adriana settled into the wing chair in which he had ensconced himself the night before.

As for Genevieve Ariella Kingsley, she was ensconced in her own room a short piece down the hall, with Blythe in the bedchamber next door and, as always, ever eager to see to the needs and care of the beautiful little girl, who would grow up with full knowledge of the wonderful couple who had been her real parents.

He ensconced himself in a large armchair, and taking a newspaper from his pocket, began to read it.

Through the open door Mathieu had caught sight of Mademoiselle Herminie, the daughter of the house, ensconced in one of the red velvet armchairs near the window, and dreamily perusing a novel there, while her mother, standing up, extolled her goods in her most dignified way to the old gentleman, who gravely contemplated the procession of nurses and seemed unable to make up his mind.

She remained ensconced in her armchair, still reading, with a weary, bored expression on her anaemic countenance.

And again they laughed like free frolicsome birds ensconced in the depths of some lonely forest.

The patterns he had learned were safely ensconced in the neural tendrils of his fixed memory He probably could learn to use them.

In truth, she did not know what Lot had said or done while ensconced within the hull cells.

Clemantine a few feet overhead, ensconced in the pod and looking down at him.

With rising excitement he guessed at the truth: More than one copy of his ghost existed, successfully ensconced in its own cardinal fortress.