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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
nuzzle .
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Examples
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Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949
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"I'm terrified, but I love you too," David said, and kind of nuzzled against my neck in that lovely way he has.
Farthing 2006
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“He nuzzled his face against mine until he found my lips, then he kissed me, slow and gentle, the flow of molten rock swelling languidly in the dark at the center of the earth, until my shaking slowed.” and
2009 Delete Key Awards Finalist #8 — Stephenie Meyer’s ‘The Host’ « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009
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With a good vet. doing this, your pet has had a good treat, and goes to sleep while getting nuzzled in your arms.
Your dog is very old and very sick and you know it's time to have him put to sleep. 2009
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No. 4: The line quoted in the review, beginning, “He nuzzled.”
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“He nuzzled his face against mine until he found my lips, then he kissed me, slow and gentle, the flow of molten rock swelling languidly in the dark at the center of the earth, until my shaking slowed.” and
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With a good vet. doing this, your pet has had a good treat, and goes to sleep while getting nuzzled in your arms.
Your dog is very old and very sick and you know it's time to have him put to sleep. 2009
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The boy in question, who had purple bruises up and down his legs, sat in his father's lap and laughed delightedly as the father nuzzled him.
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Holding me, he nibbled on my ear and nuzzled into my hair.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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His hands dropped to her waist, and he nuzzled her neck with his lips.
At Hidden Falls Barbara Freethy 2011
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