All 4 Uses
ensconced
in
Around the World in 80 Days
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- Phileas Fogg, snugly ensconced in his corner, did not open his lips.†
Chpt 4 *
- Had Passepartout been a little less preoccupied, he would have espied the detective ensconced in a corner of the court-room, watching the proceedings with an interest easily understood; for the warrant had failed to reach him at Calcutta, as it had done at Bombay and Suez.†
Chpt 15
- Fix, as he bowed, had a stifled feeling, and, going forward, where he ensconced himself, did not open his mouth for the rest of the day.†
Chpt 21
- The news quickly spread through the train, which contained about one hundred passengers, thirty of whom, at most, attracted by the notice, ensconced themselves in car No.†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(ensconced) settled comfortably; or hidden or safely settled in a location
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)