What is "nook and cranny"

Usage examples of "nook and cranny".

She held the gelding a few steps behind the stud, undoubtedly examining every visible nook and cranny in Umir's walled gardens.

The redcap scuttled under chairs and over tables, hiding in every possible nook and cranny, trying always to make it to the door or to the wainscotting, but somehow Cord was always there first to drive it back.

He had emptied his hiding place under the loose floorboard of all food, double-checked every nook and cranny of his bedroom for forgotten spellbooks or quills, and taken down the chart on the wall counting down the days to September the first, on which he liked to cross off the days remaining until his return to Hogwarts.

He had emptied his hiding place under the loose floorboard of all food, double-checked every nook and cranny of his bedroom for forgotten spellbooks or quills, and taken down the chart on the wall counting the days down to September the first, on which he liked to cross off the days remaining until his return to Hogwarts.

Though it was no more than eight by eight, she had crammed something into every nook and cranny.

Charlotte aimed her flashlight into every nook and cranny, while Matt followed her with a serious look on his face and the ghost detector at the ready.

He brightened every nook and cranny of the narrow alleyway with his light.

He had been aboard her numerous times, but knowing her every nook and cranny did not dim the feeling that he was seeing and touching the future.

And 'tis mistaken, in any case-our good sisters have searched every such nook and cranny.

High cliffs of limestone replaced the terraces of vegetables and every nook and cranny and ledge was rich with natural growth.

It took quite a while to explore every nook and cranny of that floor, and I became nervous about Christian and Libby and Rose.

Undaunted, he began a thorough search, poking into every nook and cranny.

Then they spread out and began climbing upward, examining every nook and cranny of the cliff face.