bosom
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Agnew describes two of her children “literally swinging off her long golden hair” and one that clings to her bosom for every moment of the four hours she spends with the family.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2024
The most famous of these, perhaps, is the Greek myth in which Hera pushes away the baby Heracles from her bosom, and her breast milk spills from horizon to horizon.
From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2023
Later that morning, a Times reporter and another photographer — Thy Bun from Oakland — spotted her in the shaded bosom of the oak looking listless and with eyes closed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023
So far he has just been a bosom companion, giving Durin warm praise and sound advice … to make him more inclined to do a favor, eventually.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2022
She believed that once I was back in the Transkei, in the bosom of my family, acting as counselor to Sabata, I would no longer miss politics.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing bosom
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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