ensconced


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settled

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By this time the Blackfeet had got possession of the horses, several of their warriors lay dead on the field, and the Nez Perces, ensconced in their lodges, seemed resolved to defend themselves to the last gasp.
The lad insisted on being always at her side, and when at last she was safely ensconced in the bottom of the craft that was to bear them shoreward her grandson dropped catlike after her.
Hunt found this hyperborean veteran ensconced in a fort which crested the whole of a rocky promontory.
They said no more on the subject till after dinner, when they were ensconced in Sir Nathaniel's study, which was on the top storey.
In a sitting-room on the ground-floor, ensconced in an armchair with her back to the light, was the owner and mistress of the estate, a white-haired woman of not more than sixty, or even less, wearing a large cap.
NOW that Sadiq Sanjrani is safely ensconced in his seat as chairman of Senate after surviving the opposition-led no confidence motion, albeit by a narrow margin, one needs to discuss the utility of this upper chamber of parliament.
The 2s-30s spread flattened another 5.1 bp to +31.8 bp, with the entire curve ensconced below 3% now.
He's mixing downtime and golf rounds with meetings and dinners, projecting the image that he's been hard at work while ensconced at the private club.
Barn Hunt, where dogs search in straw bale mazes for rats safely ensconced in PVC tubes, is rapidly growing in popularity.
A wood burning fireplace is ensconced in an exposed brick half-wall separating the living room from the formal dining room.
Trees and champagne" Dame Judi Dench "Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them"Actor Hugh Laurie "If I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword" Veteran actress Olivia de Havilland, who is 101.
"I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword" - Veteran actress Olivia de Havilland, who is 101.
"He is very happily ensconced in Berkshire, so it will have to be a pretty big, tempting offer by my estimation to take him away from Reading."
However, her arrogance and pride in being "a bloody difficult woman" with her enormous necklace ensconced around her neck has placed me firmly in the Corbyn camp.
This years affair, une soiree en fleurs, honored the groundbreaking exhibit of Marc Chagall paintings now ensconced in the Gardens' Museum of Botany & the Arts and gave more than 600 guests a first look at the remarkable French-themed plant display in the Conservatory.