How to Use Nestor in a Sentence

Nestor

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  • Living with a plugged nose isn’t fun, but James Nestor was ready.
    — Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 2023-05-14
  • For an ambitious workout, head to the southwest side of the beach and hike up above the hills to reach Nestor's Cave.
    — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 2023-04-03
  • Hoping for bounce-back performances from Nestor Cortes and Carlos Rodon.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 2024-03-27
  • Enter left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr., who had not pitched in five weeks because of a strained elbow flexor.
    — Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 2025-03-25
  • After his mother died, Nestor, who was then twelve, came to the U.S. to live with Gaetz, who was in his early thirties.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2024-02-19
  • Nestor Mendoza has hundreds of thousands of views of his complex 3-D chalk art on TikTok.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But after joining Minnesota in June, Nestor seems to have asserted himself more in fall camp.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Mike Ford struck out looking on a pitch outside the zone and was ejected after barking about it by home plate umpire Nestor Ceja.
    — Kristie Rieken, oregonlive, 2023-07-06
  • Even worse, newcomer Nestor Cortes lasted only two starts before joining the walking wounded.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2025-06-09
  • Nestor Cortes will forever be the man on the mound for Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam to open last year’s World Series.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Lefty Nestor Cortes is likely just days away from a return and could logically supplant Severino in the rotation.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 2023-07-31
  • Infrequently, Mira Sorvino and Nestor Carbonell pop their heads in the door to play the concerned but enabling parents.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 2024-05-08
  • Additional returning stars are Nestor Carbonell and Nicole Beharie.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2025-07-09
  • The thought is that would motivate them to trade Marcus Stroman to get out of as much of his $18 million owed next year as possible and/or Nestor Cortes, who will be entering his walk year.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 2024-12-12
  • Lefties Nestor Cortes and Carlos Rodón will lead the rotation after injuries and poor performance derailed their 2023 campaigns.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 2024-03-30
  • The memoir includes lovely illustrations by Denise Nestor and many fascinating details about hares which Dalton draws from natural history, folklore, art, and literature.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2025-05-07
  • Starting pitcher Nestor Cortes was done before recording an out in the fourth inning, the offense did little against a young starting pitcher who has struggled and a depleted bullpen and the game turned on a fourth-inning error by Jake Cronenworth.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Nestor Carbonell will return this season as Yanko Flores, and William Jackson Harper, who can be seen in the trailer, rounds out the cast as new character Ben, Head of Sports at UBN.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Details of the 1990 Miami-Dade murders Jones was sentenced to death for murdering 66-year-old Matilda Nestor and 67-year-old Jacob Nestor at their business in December 1990, according to court documents.
    — Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • San Diego also lengthened its lineup with outfielders Ryan O’Hearn and Ramon Laureano from the Orioles, firmed up its catching with Freddy Fermin from Kansas City, and deepened its rotation with Nestor Cortes — tentatively set to oppose Robbie Ray on Tuesday.
    — Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Isaac Thompson #43 and John Nestor #7 of the Iowa Hawkeyes celebrate after a defensive play during the first half of the Transperfect Music City Bowl against the Missouri Tigers at Nissan Stadium on December 30, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Joining Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie, Nestor Carbonell, Mark Duplass, Greta Lee, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Boyd Holbrook, and Jon Hamm.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025

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