Sentence examples for as nests from inspiring English sources

Carpenter bees also bore round holes, which they use as nests.

They are disparaged as nests of latte-sipping weenies, alt-lifestyle types and "other" Americans, somehow inauthentic.

Pika burrows also have two important functions, serving as nests for endemic birds and to help make alpine turf more porous, minimising soil erosion.

Many animals have specific places, such as nests or dens or, on a larger scale, geographical locations, to which they return periodically, often to breed.

He banned the use of tobacco and closed the coffeehouses and the wineshops (no doubt as nests of sedition); violators or mere suspects were executed.

The film depicts the United States and British consulates in Hong Kong as nests of spies, without actually using the word.

Just as nest eggs plump up again, health costs chip away at them.

And some birds will even use fishing line as nesting material, which can ensnare their young.

The incidents should stop any day now as nesting season ends, he said.

Trumpeters are variously reported as nesting on the ground and in holes in trees.

Some were the cr? of the milliner's art; others could have passed as nesting stations for the pigeons overhead.