bassinet

Example Sentences

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Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

Pictures of the new arrival included Poppy lying in a bassinet with their other children standing over her, as well as being held by Carrie, 37, and Boris Johnson, 60, in hospital.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

For example, some families may not have the means to purchase a crib or bassinet; a hospital might direct them to resources to help with that.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024

“I was already buying their stuff, like the automatic rocker and the bassinet so the fact that they reached out was pretty cool,” she said in a telephone interview before heading to a studio session.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Dad pushed him out of the way and rushed into the bedroom, where his first son was sleeping in a by now battered bassinet, on a desk once again covered with galley proofs.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey