Sentence examples for small nests from inspiring English sources

In preparation for the breeding season, unpaired males return to their breeding colonies to build small nests of stones.

Mud daubers (Sceliphron, Chalybion) build small nests of mud, often in attics, outbuildings, or eaves, and provision them with the bodies of paralyzed spiders.

About half the Euglossini are Euglossa species, and the females live in small nests that house either a mother with daughters or all sisters.

Continue whisking for about 10 minutes, until glossy and firm, then spread as small nests on greaseproof paper and bake for 40 minutes in a 100C oven, until completely dry.

Histologically, epithelioid blue nevi are characterised by short fascicles, small nests and single, round or spindle-shaped melanocytes with dendritic, pigmented, elongation processes in the upper dermis.

In each case, the microcarcinoids are seen budding from the crypt base and forming separate small nests within the lamina propria.

If they accumulated a small nest egg, they sometimes bought dusty candy stores and laundries, shabby tenements and dingy S.R.O.

Many pensioners saved from their taxed earnings to ensure a small nest egg to make retirement easier.

Mr. Sanchez would walk away from the sale with a "small nest egg" for his family and a credit record free of the foreclosure, Mr. Kervick said.

This future is dependent in large part on the theatrical whims of Maryna, who is the unofficial 'queen' of her small nest of admirers.

When I retired, I found it hard living off less than £100 a week, and my small nest-egg was slowly disappearing.