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

“You are sleeping in a cradle at the beginning of your life,” Metz said, and, likewise, “at your very end.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

As in a Newton's cradle, motion in this atomic system continues without fading.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

He returned, his eyes half closed even as he spoke, leaning on a carved crutch that curved under his arm like a smooth cradle.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline