(n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Example Sentences:
(1) ForzaVista is back, but it's been hugely expanded allowing players to poke around every nook and cranny of every car in the game.
(2) San Andreas is a state of contrasts and extraordinary detail, there is always some interesting new nook to chance on, some breathtaking previously unexperienced view across the hills toward the capitalist spires of downtown.
(3) Pearson has acquired a 5% stake in Nook Media – a new company that houses Barnes & Noble's e-reader and tablet operations, digital bookstore and 674 college bookstores in the USA – for $89.5m.
(4) Then Cabrera is back for more and he launches a fly ball deep into that little nook in right center field - in front of the 420 feet sign, Ellsbury reaches up and makes the catch for a nerve racking out number two.
(5) Although everyone talks about "ebooks", the reality is that Kindle sales are 95% or more of the market; despite the best efforts of Kobo, Apple and Nook (the latter US-only as yet), they haven't managed to break the dominance of the device that Bezos unveiled in November 2007.
(6) At her most energised in front of the Monster High figurines, she was also a big fan of the book department, with its imagination-inducing soundscapes and nooks for reading.
(7) At the divisional courthouse, a palatial complex of octagonal towers and Florentine domes originally built as the accounting office of British Burma, the windows have blown out and vegetation sprouts from every nook, yet inside the decaying shell, the courts continue to press on.
(8) And we will extend this principle of transparency to every nook and cranny of politics and public life, because it's one of the quickest and easiest ways to transfer power to the powerless and prevent waste, exploitation and abuse.
(9) "He is very seized by the need to leverage legacy from every nook and cranny of the project.
(10) Hidden in nooks, crannies and side-roads of the City of Angels, there are, contrary to popular perception, numerous family-run guesthouses, intimate boutique hotels and even quirky little B&BS.
(11) Along with an interactive diorama-style Everest that lets you peer into all its nooks and crevasses, there are also interactive areas at famous parts of the climb.
(12) Seen from almost any nook and corner viewpoint in central Birmingham, this unexpected building - unclassifiable in neat, art-historical terms - is all but guaranteed to raise a smile.
(13) However, it was markedly cooler across the North Sea coast of England and Scotland, where Donna Nook in Lincolnshire peaked at only 16C.
(14) The deal will put Pearson in competition with Amazon's market-dominating Kindle e-reader – Jeff Bezos's company enjoys 95% of sales in the market – with the Nook currently only available in the US.
(15) In English waters, smaller populations at the nature reserves at Blakeney Point, in Norfolk, and Donna Nook, in Lincolnshire, also fell sharply.
(16) Open Mon-Fri 11.30am-1am, Sat 11.30am-2pm, Sun 12.30pm-midnight Sunflower Facebook Twitter Pinterest A jam session at Sunflower Inside this dusky nook of a bar - crowned the best in the city last year, but under threat from developers - the beer choice is bang up to date.
(17) The release this week of several detailed files on Hobsbawm and Hill is a reminder of just how deeply the cold war penetrated into every nook and cranny of British academic life.
(18) "With this investment, we have entered into a commercial agreement with Nook Media that will allow our two companies to work closely together in order to create a more seamless and effective experience for students".
(19) Adults £85 per day, children (aged 13-17) £60 per day, overnight kayak camping expeditions an additional £15 per person per night Eilean Donan, Dornie Photograph: Alamy Clamber around the ramparts and explore the dimly lit nooks and crannies of one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.
(20) Bright affectionately remembers all the "nooks and crannies" of the 1820s house, but has no regrets about the move.
Secluded
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Seclude
Example Sentences:
(1) Bay of Bengal map The Mergui archipelago on the Thai-Myanmar border is one of the more secluded parts of the Bay.
(2) In 1985 the families of 137 passengers killed when a Delta Airlines jet crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport stayed in a secluded hotel while waiting for the victims' bodies to be retrieved and identified.
(3) (2) The tendency to seclude on admission suggests failure to follow the legal stipulation that less restrictive measures be employed first.
(4) Ponder this as you take in mountain views through floor-to-ceiling windows or from the secluded patio.
(5) Unutma Meni (Don't Forget Me) features the 33-year-old brunette under the stage name GooGoosha - apparently her father's name for her - cavorting in a cartoon wonderland where she travels to a secluded castle and a tropical island in a limousine that floats through the air.
(6) Not only is he one of the BBC's most respected and best-paid figures, he is well-connected (his closest friend is the novelist Robert Harris), lives with his TV producer wife and three children in a secluded Oxfordshire village, and his brother is the British ambassador to Spain.
(7) Although many patients are secluded for violence against themselves or others, there are others who have not been violent who are secluded.
(8) This might partly be explained by genetic factors (such as inbreeding); we identified 3 families, all from Vorarlberg (which is a small, secluded mountain area), in which both parents were carriers of the MH trait.
(9) I met Attenborough last weekend, as arranged, in a secluded patch of earth behind some reeds at the new wetlands centre he himself had ceremonially opened.
(10) To visit the Grand Canyon, in north-west Arizona, choose between the more developed South Rim, which is open year-round, and has drive-up overlooks, museums and mule rides, or the more secluded North Rim, which is higher in elevation and closed to vehicles from mid-October until mid-May because of the snow (skiers and snowshoers are welcome).
(11) If history isn’t your thing, the park also offers plenty of coastal scenery, including eight miles of hiking trails to secluded coves.
(12) According to local boatmen, the Rothschilds use this military-style craft to whisk their guests at a speed of 50 knots directly from the airport to a corner of north-east Corfu where the secluded coves and remote luxury villas have become a discreet playground for the rich and powerful to mix business and pleasure.
(13) In some secluded villages, DM was almost completely absent.
(14) Overall, New York City and large-town hospitals had the highest rates of seclusion and restraint, but analysis by age group showed that New York City had the lowest rate for patients under age 35, who constituted the majority of patients who were secluded or restrained, and large towns had the highest rate.
(15) This fact, together with data on disease distribution and HLA frequencies, supports our assumption that Jews in the North African diaspora lived as small secluded isolates even within the same geographical zones.
(16) It was found that 44 per cent of the patients were secluded during their stay.
(17) The interview takes place in a chic restaurant in Headingley, where she lives and writes in a secluded old stone house.
(18) The pristine white clapboard house, situated near the top of the hill on a secluded cul-de-sac, has raffia wallpaper and overstuffed leather couches.
(19) These three families, all from Vorarlberg, a secluded mountain area, represent 4.5% of all our MH-positive families (n = 61) and 7.3% of all MH-positive families where both parents had been tested (n = 41).
(20) Among the secluded cabins, opt for the well-furnished three-bedroom red one (sleeping six) and enjoy its hot tub.