nestlike

At first they thought she might be referring to her nestlike bed.

Now they were taking turns throwing small rocks into the nestlike structure between them.

She had what smelled like food in her nestlike container, but appeared to be storing that.

She had selected one of the nestlike dwellings.

This left a covered nestlike area under the shelter of her belly, a dark little cave where a small Zarett person could rest safely.

This allows accumulated water to drain from the nestlike center of the plant, thus preventing microbial decay.

Her flesh was pasty and her hair was a nestlike tangle of greasy knots.

She glanced at the nestlike pod where Abramowitz's roommate, P8 Blue, slept.

Marcella Anna Stasa's nestlike structures are like reliquaries for animal bones, seeds and other found objects - including, in one instance, eggs.

Propelled by economic necessity or youthful enterprise, the Fujianese are starting families outside the nestlike comforts of the Fujianese enclave.

We scooped together a nestlike wallow of pine needles and blankets and huddled close together for warmth, covered by Jamie's plaid and blanket.

Turning her back on the glittering proceedings, she made her way out of the banquet hall and nearly tripped over a sleepy-eyed page curled into a nestlike arrangement of cushions.

They ran full-spectrum ident scans on Sylveste and Girardieau, then motioned them to a small temporary structure which had been placed near a nestlike froth of Amarantin dwellings.

Of one thing he felt very sure, Lioren thought as he moved between the nestlike couches filled with sleeping or quietly twittering occupants toward Seldal, this would not be a social occasion.

Apropos similarities, Jackie Morfesis's large black-and-white drawing of a nestlike shape with an aureole of smudged gray hangs opposite Ken Hohing's black-and-white photograph of an actual bird's nest containing tinted eggs and superimposed on a sky filled with clouds.

The most unusual is a sea urchin cream sauce that adds a smoothly briny overlay to sautéed tai, or sea bream, with scallops, but an innocuous-sounding curry sauce, in its own quiet way, brings an insistent, pulsing glow to a lobster tail and claw served on a nestlike tangle of fried potato pasta.