cradle
Example Sentences
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Receivers who lunge and cradle in the air have nowhere to go.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Longer consultations allow for continuity, she says, similar to when she started her career and family doctors gave "cradle to grave" care.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
The researchers explain this effect using an analogy to a Newton's cradle, the desktop device with a row of suspended metal balls.
From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026
The service combines traditional music with symbolic gestures such as placing a statue of the baby Jesus in a cradle.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
He and the cop linked hands and made a cradle.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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