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

A spit of land with only 150 residents and cut off twice daily by the sea, it is considered the cradle of early English Christianity.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

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

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 placed a drop in the cradle of her hand.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton