Example sentences for: nook

How can you use “nook” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Thus, a spoonerized loose-leaf note book becomes boat nook, not “bote nook,” when written.

  • Bean slippers, pajamas, and bathrobe matching set, sat down in my spacious breakfast nook over my customary English muffin and marmalade, took a sip of this delightful Turkish blend my wife and I picked up in the most adorable little catalogue we found, and began flipping through the day's periodicals in search of something pithy and clever to ruminate upon.

  • ' `Look high and low' andar de la Ceca a la Meca and `in every nook and cranny' de cabo a rabo =`from tip to tail.

  • Useful spoonerisms substitute a common or meaningful phrase for another when transposition occurs, as when “the movement was dealt a crushing blow” becomes “the movement was dealt a blushing crow .” Changing “there's a cozy nook in my kitchen” to “there's a nosey cook in my kitchen” not only introduces a totally new meaning, but also injects humor.

  • A nook devoted to playful gewgaws by Marcel Duchamp, whom Paz adored.


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